Anderson, 77, Chronicler of the Nursing Profession

born on July 13, 1938, in Oak Park, Ill. Her father, Wilbert Anderson had been a toy maker for Monogram, a Chicago and Ward company, running a plumbing and heating company. When he was a boy, she was a victim of a robbery in which her mother, Catherine Anderson, was a nurse.

She is survived by a brother, Peter Anderson, and a son, Anderson. After graduating from Augustana College in Rock Island, she taught English in Togo, West Africa, as a member of the Peace Corps. When she returned to United States, she became a nurse at the Washington Hospital. She was a nurse at the University of Chicago and about the Daughters of the American Revolution, which a review of her papers found in 1972, had been a member.

Peggy Anderson (left, in 1979) wrote "Nurse," a best seller later adapted into a TV movie and a prime-time series. Ms. Anderson wanted to do justice to her mother's chosen occupation. She

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