{"product_id":"a-nurse-for-all-seasons-paperback","title":"A Nurse for All Seasons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia Bliss Bjerkelund\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Robinson Scovil: A Driving Force in Nursing Education . . . \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCo-founder of \u003cem\u003eThe Victorian Order of Nurses.\u003c\/em\u003eA founder of National Council of Women of Canada.Author of best selling books on child health \u0026amp; development.A founding editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Ladies Home Journal\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; popular columnist.A founding editor of \u003cem\u003eThe American Journal of Nursing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCanadian Nurse\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1878, at the age of 29, Elizabeth Robinson Scovil decided she did not want to spend the rest of her life serving tea and cucumber sandwiches at Anglican Church events in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Overcoming her mother's fears and disapproval, she applied and was accepted for a new two-year nurses' training program at Massachusetts General Hospital.She began writing and publishing on nursing and nursing education while still a student. On graduation she launched into practice and within a few years was Superintendent of nurses' training at Newport Rhode Island Hospital.\u003cem\u003eA Nurse for All Seasons\u003c\/em\u003e is the vocational and intellectual biography of this remarkable woman, a woman who strode out of the Victorian Era on a mission that helped open the way for the feminist movement and the rise of gender equality as a fundamental human right.Author, Virginia Bliss Bjerkelund, introduced her Great Aunt as a main character in the non-fiction novel, \u003cem\u003eMeadowlands\u003c\/em\u003e. She has now given us the rest of the story. With extensive quotation from her books, journalism, lectures, and letters, the significance of Elizabeth Robinson Scovil's life and legacy comes alive in this biography and takes its place in the history of nursing and in the heritage of progressive social change\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776881754400,"sku":"9781988299525","price":31.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/255e489acb9fb79876b7dfad789a0d58.webp?v=1780488149","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-nurse-for-all-seasons-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}