Zabriskie, Louise (1887–1957)
Zabriskie, Louise (1887–1957)
American nurse. Born 1887 in Preston City, CT; died Dec 12, 1957, in New York, NY; graduate of New York Hospital School of Nursing, 1913.
Maternity educator, was the founder (1939) and director (1939–57) of the Maternity Consultation Service (NYC), the 1st center in America to offer classes for expectant fathers; wrote Nurses Handbook of Obstetrics (1929), Baby Care in Pictures (1935) and a regular column for My Baby Magazine, among others.
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