Cowling's Way; 2008
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0104
- Title
- Cowling's Way; 2008
- Description
- Thomas Ledford’s presentation explores the founding of the Virginia Baptist School of Nursing (1924) and the significant role played by Mary Frances Cowling, the founding director. Ledford reviews the lives of Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton and ends his paper placing Mary Frances Cowling’s name alongside theirs: Ledford discusses the many heroes who led or graduated from the School of Nursing and its eventual partnership with Lynchburg College. The nursing school's last class was admitted in 1979.
- Date
- 27 March 2008
- Creator
- Ledford, Thomas G.
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- Thomas G. Ledford
- Ledford
- 2008
- Virginia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing
- Miss Elsie Gilliam
- Charles Olin
- Mary Frances Cowling
- Florence Nightingale
- Clara Barton
- Hugh Smith
- O.B. Barker
- Lieutenant Kathleen Waugh
- Lieutenant Colonel Nellie Feagans
- Charles S. Elliott
- Anne Bishop
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- Thomas G. Ledford
Part of Cowling's Way; 2008