The First Registered Nurse In The United States: Josephine (Bradham) Burton

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Phoebe Ann Pollitt PhD, Associate Professor (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/

Abstract: For over a hundred years the story and even the name of the first registered nurse (RN) in the United States has been inaccurately reported and shrouded in mystery. Nurse Mary Rose Batterham went to her grave in 1927, 24 years after she registered her nursing credentials with the Buncombe County Clerk of Court, mistakenly believing and widely honored as the first RN in the United States. Meanwhile Josephine (Bradham) Burton, who was most likely truly the nation’s first registered nurse, probably never knew she deserved that accolade.

Additional Information

Publication
Pollitt, P.A. (2012). "The First Registered Nurse in the United States: Josephine (Bradham) Burton," American Association for the History of Nursing Bulletin. Fall 2012, No. 106, 11-12. Publisher version of record available at: https://www.aahn.org/assets/docs/AAHN_BULLETIN_fall12.pdf
Language: English
Date: 2012
Keywords
Josephine (Bradham) Burton, Mary Rose Batterham, Nursing, Nursing History, Registered Nurse

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