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October 26 - America’s Florence Nightingale
On this day in Labor History the year was 1837.
That was the day that Louisa Lee Schuyler was born in New York City.
She was dedicated to the causes of public health and welfare, especially for the poor.
This led her to help found the Bellevue Training School for Nurses in 1873.
It was the first nurse’s school in the United States based on the principals of Florence Nightingale, the English social reformer who established modern nursing practices.
Louisa had become concerned with the conditions found at the city’s public hospitals.
Along with three other women, she toured Bellevue hospital…
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