Josephine Aloyse Dolan (1913-2004) was a historian and educator who served as the first full-time professor of nursing at the University of Connecticut's School of Nursing.[1] In additional to her teaching responsibilities, Dolan was a historian who collected nursing documents, artifacts, and ephemera, which she donated to the School of Nursing in 1996 to establish the Dolan Collection of Nursing History.[2] After Dolan died, the collection was co-curated by her friend and colleague Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, who died in 2012.[3]
Josephine A. Dolan | |
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| Born | July 27, 1913 |
| Died | December 4, 2004 (aged 91) |
| Education | Boston University |
| Years active | 1944-1976 |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Nurse, educator, historian |
| Field | nursing education |
| Institutions | University of Connecticut |
| Awards | American Nurses Association Hall of Fame inductee |
Dolan earned her nursing diploma from St. John's Hospital in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1935. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing from Boston University in 1942 and 1950.[4] She received honorary doctoral degrees from Rhode Island College in 1974 and from Boston College in 1987.[1] Dolan also served on the board of directors for several professional associations, including the National League for Nursing.[1] She received the League's first Distinguished Service Award in 1972 and was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame in 2012.[5] The Connecticut Nurses Association has awarded the Josephine A. Dolan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Education since 1980.[6] Dolan authored the seminal textbook, Nursing in Society: A Historical Perspective.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b c Herrmann, Eleanor K. (2006). "Josephine A. Dolan, 27 July 1913–4 December 2004". Nursing History Review. 14 (1): 243–245. doi:10.1891/1062-8061.14.243. ISSN 1062-8061. S2CID 141919614.
- ^ "Dolan Collection | School of Nursing". 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ Reitz, Stephanie (2012-08-06). "Nursing Professor Emerita Eleanor Herrmann Dies". UConn Today. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ Fisher, Sherry (2004-12-13). "Josephine Dolan, Nursing School's First Instructor, Dies At Age 91". UConn Advance. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "Josephine A. Dolan, MS, RN, PdD (Hon.), DNSc (Hon.), 2012 Inductee". 2017-05-11. Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "CT Nurses Association - Award Recipients". www.ctnurses.org. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ Reitz, Stephanie (2012-06-22). "UConn's First Nursing Instructor Inducted Posthumously in Hall of Fame". UConn Today. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
External links edit
- Finding aid for the Josephine A. Dolan Collection of Nursing History - Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library
- Finding aid for the Josephine A. Dolan Collection of Nursing History - Archives and Manuscripts Department, Boston College Library
- Homepage for the Dolan Collection - the University of Connecticut's School of Nursing
- Nursing in Society: A Historical Perspective - WorldCat record