Goodrich, Annie Warburton (1866–1954)
Goodrich, Annie Warburton (1866–1954)
American nurse. Born Annie Warburton Goodrich, Feb 6, 1866, in New Brunswick, New Jersey; died Dec 31, 1954, in Cobalt, Connecticut; dau. of Annie Williams Butler Goodrich and Samuel Griswold Goodrich (insurance executive); granddau. of Dr. John Butler (pioneering psychiatrist); cousin of Ida Butler (1868–1949, nurse).
Nursing education reformer, graduated from New York Hospital's Training School for Nurses (1892); worked as a nursing superintendent at many institutions, including New York Post-Graduate Hospital (1893–1900); taught (part-time) hospital economics at Columbia University's Teachers College (1904–13); served as president of the American Federation of Nurses (1909); inspected nurse training schools for the state of NY (1910–14); invited by Lillian Wald to be the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service's director of nurses (1917); during WWI, was employed as the chief inspector of US army hospitals; served as dean of the Army School of Nursing (1918–19) and as a professor and 1st woman dean in Yale University's School of Nursing (1923–34); retired to Colchester, Connecticut (1934); writings include The Social and Ethical Significance of Nursing (1932). Received National Institute of Social Science Medal (1920), Yale Medal (1953); inducted into American Nurses Association Hall of Fame (1976).