page_title: Lucy Minnigerode
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Lucy Minnigerode / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Third annual U.S. Public Health Service Nursing Research Conference featuring Lucy Minnigerode on 18 March 1994
context_page_description: Lucy Minnigerode was an American nurse in World War I, and founder of the United States Public Health Service Nursing Corps. She was the eighth American recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, awarded by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1925.
context_section_description: Minnigerode died at her niece's home in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1935, aged 64 years. The American Nurses Association established a Lucy Minnigerode Memorial Fund soon after her death. The five Minnigerode Awards for Nursing Excellence (MANE), given by the U. S. Public Health Service, are named for her. 
  In 1994, the U. S. Public Health Service Nursing Research Conference honored Lucy Minnigerode, and her image was used for the event's poster.
caption: U.S. Public Health Service Nursing Research Conference in 1994 featured Minnigerode
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