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— Promoting higher education for nurses
— She entered the first class of Johns Hopkins Hospital
Training School for Nurses. (1891-1894)
— Being the world·s first professor of nursing of Teachers
College at Columbia University in New York City after
being the school·s principal for 13 years and became the
superintendent of nurses (1894-1907)
— Being named the head of the new department of
nursing and health (1910-1925)
— Named honorary president of the Florence Nightingale
International Foundation (1934)
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— Born on November 1, 1858 in Frost

Village, Quebec, Canada.
— Died on October 3, 1948
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— |rew up in Frost Village, Quebec, Canada
— Had 4 siblings

— Would go with her brother Jim, who held a minor

position with the Canadian House of Commons,
and frequently sat in the Speaker·s |allery
during sessions to listen to important debates
and observe the Parliament in action.
 
  


— Brought up with English customs, traditions and

ideals.
— Went to a Convent school for French and Music
education.
— Finishing school in Montreal for girls.
   
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— After finishing school, Addie went to Lowell,

Massachusetts to live with her relatives to study
music and design for a year.
— Her family decided to move to Ottawa to continue
Addie·s music and art education.
— She was a very talented singer and pianist.

— She taught music for a year at St. Johns in

Newfoundland.
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— There were many reasons
— Addie cared for her mother who had a long term
illness.
— She wanted to expand her learning and knowledge,
and loved to learn.
— She was accepted to the first class of Johns Hopkins
Hospital Training School for Nurses the day before her
31st birthday.
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— Student Nurse
— Head Nurse

— Assistant Superintendent of Nurses

— Superintendent and Principal of nurses at the training

school
( Isabel Hampton: Former Superintendent of JHSoN
— Had to get out of the profession because she was going to get
married.
— Chose Mary Nutting as her replacement.
 




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— Addie made a historical library in the beginning of her
profession which included Florence Nightingale·s Notes
on Nursing.
— She became a great admirer of Nightingale and studied
her writing intensely and in detail.
— After Nightingale died, Nutting outlined an
international memorial to her.
( 2 years later the International Council of Nurses Congress
in Cologne established the Florence Nightingale foundation.
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— Felt very inexperienced and alone starting out in this
role of her career.
— She only graduated 3 years prior to her promotion.

— She was also an acting superintendent to the new

Medical School.
— She persevered through her difficulties and used her
creative mind to get her point across.
— Her students saw her as strict and rigid in her ways as
a teacher.
— She set up the Nursing School structure, lining up paid
and full time instructors, lecturers, setting up tuition
fees and scholarships for new nursing students.
 
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— 1907 ² Addie Leaves Johns Hopkins and worked at
Teachers College to establish a department of
household and institution administration, which
included a nursing program.
— She was the first nurse as professor of ´institution
administrationµ
— Later on, she became brofessor of Nursing and Health
(changed to nursing education)
— Shee could put her words into actions, and head great
social abilities.
 





— 1922 ² Yale University game Nutting the Master of
Arts degree.
— Help founded the American Journal of Nursing.

— Help Co-author a book with Lavinia Lloyd Dock, The

History of Nursing, Vols. I and II.
— She never married
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