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Sylvia Mendez
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Florence Nightingale at the Barrack Hospital
Florence Nightingale
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Kenny, Elizabeth; Sister Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny
Australian nurse
Lillian D. Wald.
Lillian D. Wald
American sociologist
Mary Ann Bickerdyke.
Mary Ann Bickerdyke
American medical worker
Mary Adelaide Nutting.
Mary Adelaide Nutting
American nurse and educator
Mabel Keaton Staupers
American nurse and executive
Jane A. Delano
Jane A. Delano
American nurse and educator
Mary Breckinridge
Mary Breckinridge
American nurse
Mary Jane Safford
American physician
Sue Sophia Dauser
American nurse
Cleveland, Emeline Horton
Emeline Horton Cleveland
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Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole
Jamaican nurse
Grace Ogot
Kenyan author
Florence A. Blanchfield
American nurse and army officer
Lucy Minnigerode.
Lucy Minnigerode
American nurse
Mary Mahoney
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Sister Mary Joseph Dempsey
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Maass, Clara
Clara Maass
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Louise McManus
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