Margaret Gene Arnstein
Margaret Gene Arnstein’s belief that nurses should be involved in health policy and research helped transform her profession. Arnstein designed and implemented nursing research for the New York State Department of Health and helped the UN develop nursing services for refugees in World War II. Later, she joined and became chief of the U.S. Public Health Service Division of Nursing. Arnstein wrote a number of books and articles on nursing and public policy, worked with the World Health Organization, and directed the first International Conference on Nursing Studies. In 1967, she became dean of Yale’s School of Nursing, making the school a leader in the field under her leadership. In 1966, she became the first woman to receive a Rockefeller Public Service Award.
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