Diploma, N. E. Hospital for Women and Children, Linda Richards
date: label: date made
content: 1873
notes: label: Description
content: Diploma from the New England Hospital for Women & Children issued to Miss Linda Richards October 1, 1873. Signed by Susan Dimock, Resident Physician and L. (Lucy) E. Sewall, Attending Physician. The diploma has a light blue ribbon with a round wax seal. Linda Richards is considered to be the first professionally trained nurse in the United States. The New England Hospital for Women and Children was established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1862.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Nursing
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The New England Hospital for Women Nurse's Alumnae Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09707
label: catalog number
content: M-09707
label: accession number
content: 227740
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diploma, nursing
label: Other Terms
content: Diploma; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, as stored: 1 3/4 in x 20 in x 13 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 50.8 cm x 34.29 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.7 cm x 36.7 cm x .2 cm; 11 5/16 in x 14 7/16 in x 1/16 in