US Army School of Nursing - Taps Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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= Aaa I ANNIE W. GOODRICH First Dean, Army School of Nursing 1923 10 J

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i ' piiQa ittajor Julia C. timson I ' LIA C. STIMSOX was liorii in Worcester. .Massachusetts, and re- ceived her preliminary education at the Brearley School, New York City. She was y;raduated from assar College in 1901 and received the A. B. degree. She later took post-j raduate work at Columbia University, New York Cit -. and at ' ashing■t()n University. St. Louis. Missouri, and re- ceived the A. M. degree from that institution in 1017. In 1921 she received the honorarv degree .Sc. D. from .Mount I loKoke College. In 1 ' ' 08 Miss .Stimson was graduated from the New York Hospital Train- ing .School for Nurses. I ' ollowing her graduation she was for three years superintendent of nurses at Harlem Hospital, New York City. In IS ' ll she toi ' k charge of social service at Yashington University Medical School, St. Louis, and later liecame superintendent o the training .school for nurses at the ISarnes Hosjiital and the St. Louis Children ' s Hospital, in addition to l)eing administrator of social service. ] liss Stimson liecame a member of the . rmy Nurse Cor])s and sailed for Euro]ie in lay. 1917. as Chief Nurse of liase Hospital No. 21. the St. Louis Unit. This hospital served with the I ' ritish I ' .xpeditionary Forces in France, and Miss Stimson remained there until . ])ril. 1 ' 1S. when she was assigned to duty with the American Red Cross in Paris. There she was made Chief Nurse ot the Red Cross Nursing .Service in France. In November of that year she was ajjpointed Director of Nursing Service. . . F. F.. where she had the supervision of over 10.000 members of the Arm - Nurse Cor])s. U])on her return from Euroiie in July. 1919, Miss Stimson was appointed Acting Superintendent, .Vrmy Nurse Cori)s, and Dean, Armv School of Nurs- ing, and on December ? 0. V 9. she was ai)])ointed Su])erintendent of the Army Nurse Corps. When, by the act of Congress dated June 4. 1920. the members of the . rmy Nurse Cor])s were given relative rank, Miss Stimson became Major Stimson. Alajor Stimson has received the Distinguished Service Medal, the British Royal Red Cross, first class, and the F ' rench award, Medaille de la Recon- naissance Francaise. as well as a citation from I ' leld Marshal .Sir Douglas Haig. She is the author of ' Nurse ' s Handbook of Drugs and Solutions and iMnding Themselves. and has written many rejiorts and articles. 1923 t ' j 1

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pi.Q.a nnie W. oobrit() |1SS AXXIE W. GOODRICH was born of American parents in New- Brunswick, New Jersey. She received her j reliininar}- education in the ])rivate schools of Connecticut. England, and France. In 1892 she was graduated from the New York Hospital Training- School for Nurses, and for the eight years following her graduation she served as Superintendent of Nurses at the New York Post-Graduate Hospital, New York City. During the next ten years she held similar positions at St. Luke ' s Hospital. New York City, the New ' ork Hospital, New York City, and Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New York Cit -. From 1910 to 1914 she was Inspector of Nurse Training Schools, New York State Education Department. Miss Goodrich became Director of Nurses, Henry Street Settlement, New York City, in 1917, and left this ]X)sition to act as Dean of the Army School of Nursing from early in 1918 to August of 1919. As its first Dean, she or- ganized the Army School of Nursing and effected the enrollment of 1,800 selected young women as students. She left the Army School to resume her duties as Director of Nurses at Henry Street Settlement, where she has been ever since that time. In addition to her duties at Henry Street, she is Assistant Professor in the Dejiartnient of Nursing and Health, Teachers ' College, Co- lumbia University, New York City. She has been affiliated with Teachers ' College for many years, as she was lecturer there from 1904 to 191, , and Assistant Professor from 1914 to the present time, with the exce]3tion of the time spent in Washington in connection with the Army .School. In the autumn of 1921 Wiss Goodrich was granted the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Mount Holyoke College. In March, 192. , the War Department awarded the Distinguished Service ledal to Miss Goodrich in recognition of her exce]:)tionally meritorious and distinguished services as organizer and first Dean of the Army School of Nursing, Miss Goodrich has written many articles on the subject of nursing and has been closely connected with various nursing organizations. She has held the offices of President. Anierican Nurses ' Association ; President. American Federation of Nurses : and Vice-President, International Council of Nurses. In A])ril. 192,3, Miss Goodrich was appointed Dean of the first university undergraduate school of nursing in the L ' inted States, which has been established at ' ale Universitv, New Haven, Connecticut. 1923 1 11 1