page_title: Mary Sewall Gardner
section_title: Nursing Career
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Sewall Gardner / Nursing Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Providence District Nurses Association Day Camp for Sick Babies to treat summer diarrhea.
context_page_description: Mary Sewall Gardner was an American nurse who is best known for her work in public health. She established the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, now called the National League of Nursing, and wrote the first public health textbook for nurses, Public Health Nursing. For her accomplishments, she was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame in 1986.
caption: Sick Baby Summer Day Camp, Providence Rhode Island, 1908.
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