Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History
Limited Edition Nursing Pins
Lavinia L. Dock - 1995
Lavinia L. Dock Lavinia Dock, 1886 graduate of Bellevue Hospital’s training school for nurses and charter member of NYSNA, was one of nursing's most Influential leaders. As author of the first definitive history of nursing and hundreds of columns, Dock was a catalyst for improved understanding and communications within the global nursing community. A believer in the power of collective action, she was a founder of the first state, national and international nursing organizations, and an advocate of legislation to regulate nursing. Her energies turned to the suffrage movement when she realized many of nursing's problems were part of the broader issue of women's rights. Author, musician, artist, visiting nurse and social activist, Dock accepted individual responsibility to act-often unconventionally, but always with devotion and style.
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