Who were the nurses responsible for the development of public health nursing?
Lillian Wald was the founder of the Henry Street Settlement Service in New York City and is considered the first community health nurse. She advocated for immigrant families and children. Lavinia Dock was a visiting nurse at the Henry Street Settlement Service and later the first editor of the American Journal of Nursing. Mary Breckinridge founded the Frontier Nursing Service in the early 19th century, lowering the childbirth mortality rate in the areas she served. Margaret Sanger advocated dissemination of information about birth control in the early 20th century and was the first president of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
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