Aikens, Charlotte (c. 1868–1949)
Aikens, Charlotte (c. 1868–1949)
American nurse and editor. Name variations: Charlotte Albina Aikens. Born c. 1868 in Mitchell, Ontario, Canada; died Oct 20, 1949, in Detroit, Michigan.
Worked as volunteer nurse during Spanish-American War; served as director of Sibley Memorial Hospital (Washington, DC), and as superintendent of nurses at Methodist Hospital (Des Moines, IA) and Columbia Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA); named associate editor of National Hospital Record (1902); became associate editor (1911), then editor (c. 1915), of Trained Nurse and Hospital Review; authored several nursing texts including Studies in Ethics for Nurses (1916).
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