Dorothy Deming Explained

Dorothy Deming
Birth Date:1893
Birth Place:New Haven, Connecticut
Death Date:1972
Death Place:Winter Park, Florida
Occupation:Nurse, writer
Nationality:American

Dorothy Deming (1893–1972) was an American nurse and writer who wrote the 'Penny Marsh' books on public health nursing as a career.

Biography

Dorothy Deming was born in New Haven, Connecticut on 8 June 1893 to Clarence Deming and Mary Bryan Whiting. She was educated in Vassar College where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1914. She went on to attend Yale before graduating from the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing in New York in 1920. Deming was a student nurse during the flu epidemic of 1918. She also spent time studying at the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Association.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In 1924 Deming was the first director of the Holyoke Visiting Nurse association and went on to be the assistant to the director of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing in 1927 and then to the director of Public Health Nursing from 1935 to 1942. Deming finished in the American Public Health Association from 1942 to 1952.[1] [6] [7] [8]

Deming wrote a series of books aimed at enticing girls into becoming nurses and her series were so successful that schools introduced clubs for fans. She also wrote on the history of nursing. Her best known series was based around 'Penny Marsh'.[1] [9] [10]

Deming died in January 1972 in Winter Park, Florida.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deming, Dorothy (1893–1972) . www.encyclopedia.com . Encyclopedia.com.
  2. Lippert . Amy . Ensuring Effective and Quality Care During a Pandemic . Journal of Nursing Regulation . 1 April 2020 . 11 . 1 . 58–60 . 10.1016/S2155-8256(20)30062-4 . 32300493 . English . 2155-8256. 7151278 .
  3. Web site: Yale's first female dean . yalealumnimagazine.com . en.
  4. Web site: Vassar Quarterly 1 March 1926 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive . newspaperarchives.vassar.edu.
  5. Book: A Caregiver's Nightmare: Trying to Treat Influenza Sandra Opdycke T . A Caregiver's Nightmare: Trying to Treat Influenza . 2014 . Routledge . 10.4324/9780203077726-14 . 9780203077726 . en.
  6. Business methods in visiting nurse associations. 1926. By Dorothy Deming . Public Health Nursing . September 1988 . 5 . 3 . 186–188 . 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1988.tb00722.x . 3050946 . 0737-1209.
  7. Web site: Holyoke Public Library History Room & Archives .
  8. Web site: Zapoleon . Marguerite Wykoff . The Outlook for Women in Occupations in the Medical Services: Practical nurses and hospital attendants . U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau . en . 1945.
  9. News: Eiseman . Alberta . Air Ambulance; SUE MORRIS: SKY NURSE. By Dorothy Deming, R.N. 247 pp. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. $2.50. . The New York Times . 26 July 1953.
  10. Dunlap . Mary M. . The Practical Nurse. Dorothy Deming . Social Service Review . 1 March 1948 . 22 . 1 . 111–112 . 10.1086/636731 . 0037-7961.

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