Important Women

Question 1

Jamaican nurse who was refused the right to work with florence nightingale

Answer 1

Mary Seacole

Question 2

founder of the red cross

Answer 2

Clara Barton

Question 3

Known as conductor of the underground railroad

Answer 3

Harriet Tubman

Question 4

organized military hospitals during the civil war

Answer 4

Dorothea Dix

Question 5

Authored nurses’ contributions during the civil war in hospital sketches

Answer 5

Louisa May Alcott

Question 6

Superintendent of the army nurse corps

Answer 6

Julie O. Flikke

Question 7

African- American nurse known for abolitionist efforts

Answer 7

Sojourner Truth

Question 8

Founder of organized nursing

Answer 8

florence nightingale

Question 9

founder of the frontier nursing service

Answer 9

mary breckenridge

Question 10

founder of public health nursing

Answer 10

lilian wald

Question 11

Who did Mary Seacole learn the are of caring from?

Answer 11

her mother

Question 12

she was given the nickname “Doctress” because of her administration of care to the sick in a lodging house in Kingston

Answer 12

Mary Seacole

Question 13

Denied the right to work with Florence because she was black

Answer 13

Mary Seacole

Question 14

Sailed to england at her own expense

Answer 14

Mary Seacole

Question 15

Even though she was not a woman of wealth, she bought her own supplies and traveled more than 3000 miles to the Crimea

Answer 15

Mary Seacole

Question 16

honored with a medal in recognition of her efforts and the services she provided to the sick and injured soldiers

Answer 16

Mary seacole

Question 17

White nurses were paid ___a month, while black nurses were paid __a month

Answer 17

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Question 18

What were the three african american nurses that were important during the civil war?

Answer 18

Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Susie King Taylor

Question 19

First woman to lead American troops to battle

Answer 19

Harriet Tubman

Question 20

Known for her abolitionist and nursing efforts, was an advocate of clean and sanitary conditions for patients

Answer 20

Sojourner Truth

Question 21

although hired to work in the laundry, she served as a nurse because of the growing number of wounded who needed care

Answer 21

Susie King Taylor

Question 22

She knew how to read and write even though it was against the law for african americans, and taught many of her comrads how to as well

Answer 22

Susie King Taylor

Question 23

What were the two white volunteer nurses during the civil war?

Answer 23

Clara Barton

Louisa May Alcott

Question 24

she served on the front line during the civil war and operated a war relief program to provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals

Answer 24

Clara Barton

Question 25

set up a postwar service to find missing soldiers

Answer 25

Clara Barton

Question 26

credited with founding the American Red Cross

Answer 26

Clara Barton

Question 27

Served as a nurse for 6 weeks until stopped by ill health

Answer 27

Louisa May Alcott

Question 28

due to improvements by Louisa May Alcott, there was a scale created by which patients were billed according to their income or their ability to pay. What is this scale called?

Answer 28

sliding fee scale

Question 29

The Frontier Nursing service (FNS) was established by

Answer 29

Mary Breckenridge

Question 30

had a passion to assist disadvantaged woman and children

Answer 30

Mary Breckenridge

Question 31

returned to Kentucky and the rural Appalachian mountains

Answer 31

Mary Breckenridge