Columbia University School of Nursing

History

The School of Nursing was founded in 1892 with Anna C. Maxwell

Anna Maxwell

Anna Caroline Maxwell , was a nurse who came to be known by the nickname "the American Florence Nightingale". Her pioneering activities were crucial to the growth of professional nursing in the U.S.-Early career:...

serving as its first director. In 1956, the school became the first in the country to award a master's degree in a clinical nursing specialty.

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