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Clubwoman and conservationist involved in the Council of National Defense Women's Committee during World War I.

Scope and Contents The Neta Andrews papers date from 1919 to 1922 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers primarily provide information regarding her nursing career. The correspondence consists of her acceptance into the Red Cross and a pin that was sent with the letter of congratulations. The medical literature consists of two instructional booklets about pregnancy and effective delivery practices, and an Army hospital newsletter, The Caduceus. A photograph album that apparently belonged to classmate Kay Myer depicts candid photographs of nursing students with patients at Fort Sam Houston in 1921. It also includes photographs of Neta Andrews at her Army School of Nursing Graduation in 1921 An Army Red Cross yearbook gives details on individual army nurses in 1921 as well as photographs and information on various Army hospital bases throughout the United States in that same year. The yearbook includes information about Army bases in Fort Dodge and Des Moines, Iowa and brief descriptions of Army...

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My Story describes Block's training as a nurse, family life, her employment off and on the farm, and her activities in Benton County, Iowa.

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One folder, shelved in SCVF.

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Professor of nursing,1957-1976, dean of the College of Nursing, 1949-1957, and director of nursing for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,1968-1976.

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The 2004 accession is shelved in boxes 47-50.The total number of boxes in the collection is 52.

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Teacher, decorated veteran nurse and pioneer in the field of nursing education, Bacon served as a captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy.

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Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.

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1936 graduate of the School of Nursing at the State University of Iowa who was active in Democratic politics and whose correspondence includes round robin letters.

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Trained as a nurse between 1917 and 1920, and worked as a school nurse in Iowa Falls and Marshalltown, Iowa from 1931 to 1965.

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Nursing administrator and first African-American public health nurse in Iowa.

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Two folders, shelved in SCVF.

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The first licensed out-of-hospital birth center in Iowa, specializing in nurse-midwifery.

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Rural nurse who contracted AIDS on the job and became a national spokeswoman for occupational safety.

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Nurse educator and scholar.

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Nurse who worked for the Public Health Service and the United Nations in Italy and the Middle East, 1945-1948.

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Nurse in Sioux City during the first half of the 20th century.

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Local chapter of the Iowa Nurses Association.

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Project of the Vinton, Iowa, American Association of University Women.

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Nurse, abortion rights activist and educator from Fairfield, Iowa.

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The Iowa League for Nursing's efforts have included active participation in community planning and action for health care, advocating changes such as home health care. The organization made efforts to assure the continuing supply of nurses by providing them with the educational opportunities to reach their maximum career potential, ability to move into management and leadership positions, and promoting a greater public appreciation of nursing as a profession.

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World War I Army nurse from Clayton, Iowa.

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Public health and visiting nurse who later taught at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.