Mary E.P. Davis

Mary E.P. Davis (1840-1924) was a nursing instructor and a founder of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). Davis, along with Sophia Palmer, created AJN in 1899, with the first issue going out on October 1900.[1] In order to create the journal, Davis reached out to 5,000 different people to subscribe to AJN and eventually started with 550 paid subscriptions.[2] She also raised money for the journal and covered the mailing costs herself.[2] Palmer and Davis also helped create the American Nursing Association.[3] Davis was one of the founders of the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses which later became the National League for Nursing.[4] She also served as the president of the Massachusetts State Nurses' Association.[5]

Davis was appointed Superintendent of Nurses at the Boston Hospital for the Insane in 1901.[6] Davis was a graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital Training School,[7] and a former student of Linda Richards.[8] Davis also the held the position of superintendent of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital.[2]

In 1982, she was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Baer, Ellen (1 January 2007). "Requiem for AJN's Place in the Profession". Nursing History Review. Retrieved 1 September 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  2. 1 2 3 Lewenson, Sandra Beth (1993). Taking Charge: Nursing, Suffrage and Feminism in America, 1873-1920. Routledge. p. 102. ISBN 0824068971.
  3. ↑ Kaufman, Polly Welts; Gibran, Jean; McDowell, Sylvia; Smoyer, Mary Howland (2011). Boston Women's Heritage Trail: Seven Self-Guided Tours Through Four Centuries of Women's History. Boston Women's Heritage Trail. p. 38. ISBN 9781933212401.
  4. 1 2 "Mary E.P. Davis (1840-1924) 1982 Inductee". American Nurses Association. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Back Matter". The American Journal of Nursing. 12 (2): 167. November 1911. JSTOR 3404329.
  6. ↑ Richards, Linda (January 1901). "Hospital and Training-School Items". The American Journal of Nursing. 1 (4): 291. JSTOR 3402151. (subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "Boston Nurses Resent Widespread Reproach, Aroused by Toppan Tragedy, Against Their Noble Profession". Boston Post. 17 November 1901. Retrieved 1 September 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Doona, Mary Ellen; Hawkins, Joellen W.; Van Ryzin, Ursula; Friedman, Alice H.; Higgins, Loretta P. (1995). "Nursing in Massachusetts During the Roaring Twenties" (PDF). Historical Journal of Massachusetts. 23 (2): 136.
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