death_place death_date birth_place birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
cobalt , connecticut december 31 , 1954 brunswick , new jersey february 6 , 1866 founder , yale school of nursing , u.s. army school of nursing , dean annie warburton goodrich
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annie warburton goodrich

annie warburton goodrich -lrb- february 6 , 1866 -- december 31 , 1954 -rrb- was an american nurse and academic .
she was born in brunswick , new jersey and grew up in hartford , connecticut .
her grandfather was john s. butler .
she entered the new york hospital training school for nurses in 1890 and graduated in 1892 then worked there after she was graduated before working at st. luke 's hospital .
in 1902 , she became superintendent of nursing at new york hospital and in 1907 , general superintendent at bellevue hospital .
she was an assistant professor of hospital economics in the teacher 's college at columbia university from 1904 .
by 1917 she was also serving as director for the henry street settlement 's visiting nurses service .
during world war i she became chief nursing inspector for the u.s. army hospitals and organized the u.s. army school of nursing .
key decisions about nursing were made by goodrich along with jane delano , director of the red cross nursing service , and mary adelaide nutting , president of the american federation of nurses .
she was the first dean of yale school of nursing from 1923 until her retirement in 1934 .
during world war ii , she help organize the cadet nurse corps .
she died in cobalt , connecticut and was buried in cedar hill cemetery .
in 1976 , she was inducted into the american nurses association hall of fame .
