Minnigerode, Lucy (1871–1935)

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Minnigerode, Lucy (1871–1935)

American nurse. Born Feb 8, 1871, near Leesburg, VA; died of a stroke, Mar 24, 1935; dau. of Charles and Virginia Cuthbert (Powell) Minnigerode.

The 1st US Public Health Service (USPHS) superintendent of nurses, trained at the Bellevue Hospital Training School for Nurses in NYC (nursing diploma, 1899); worked as a private-duty nurse for 10 years; in Washington, DC, was superintendent of nurses at Columbia Hospital for Women and Children and at Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (1910–12); during WWI, was a supervisor with American Red Cross in Kiev, Russia (1914–15); served as Columbia Hospital for Women's director of nurses (1915–17); worked with American Red Cross Nursing Service (1917–19); appointed director of newly created USPHS department of nurses (1919); established and chaired the 1st American Nurses Association (ANA) section for government nurses; served as chair of the ANA committee of federal legislation (1923–28). Received the Cross of St. Anne (1915) from Czar Nicholas II.

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