Marian E. Rottman Explained

Marian E. Rottman
Birth Date:March 24, 1882
Birth Place:Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Date:June 10, 1955 (age 73)
Death Place:Florida, U.S.
Other Names:Marian R. Fleming (after 1935)
Occupation:Nurse
Spouse(S):Mark Lance Fleming

Marian E. Rottman Fleming (March 24, 1882 – June 10, 1955)[1] was an American nurse. She was director of nursing at Bellevue and Allied Hospitals in New York, and served overseas in World War I.

Early life and education

Rottman was born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She graduated from Bellevue School of Nursing in 1912. In the early 1920s she received further training in hospital administration at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Career

Rottman was assistant to Clara Noyes after finishing her nurse's training. In 1913 she was named assistant supervisor of nurses at the Indiana University School of Nursing, but she returned to New York in 1914, to take charge of nursing in one of Bellevue's new surgical pavilions. She joined the Bellevue Unit to serve overseas in World War I, as chief surgical nurse at U. S. Evacuation Hospital No. 1. She was cited for meritorious service in the war by General John J. Pershing.[2]

From 1919 to 1921, Rottman was superintendent of nursing at the Johnston Emergency Hospital in Milwaukee. She also worked at Milwaukee's Mount Sinai School of Nursing. In 1925, she returned to Bellevue as director of nursing. In 1929 she was named director of the nursing division in the Department of Hospitals for the City of New York, overseeing nursing services at 26 city hospitals and eight nursing schools.[3]

Rottman was treasurer of the National League of Nursing Education from 1924 to 1934.[4] She was president of the New York Counties Registered Nurses Association.[5]

Publications

Personal life

Rottman married hospital superintendent Mark Lance Fleming in 1935, and moved to Florida with him. Her husband died in 1947,[15] [16] and she died in 1955, in her early seventies, in Orlando, Florida.[17] Both Flemings are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. These are the dates of birth and death as given on Marian R. Fleming's tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery. Some sources give her birth year as 1883 or later.
  2. Bellevue Hospital Schools of Nursing, The Crane and Cross (1928 yearbook): 5-7.
  3. 1930 . News . The American Journal of Nursing . 30 . 10 . 1338. 3410902 .
  4. Mages . Keith C . January 2011. The Bellevue Classification System: nursing's voice upon the library shelves . Journal of the Medical Library Association . 99 . 1 . 40–50 . 10.3163/1536-5050.99.1.008 . 1536-5050 . 3016655 . 21243054.
  5. News: State Nurses Open Session Tomorrow . 2024-04-01 . The New York Times . en.
  6. Rottman . Marion . 1912 . High Caloric Feedings for Typhoid Patients . The American Journal of Nursing . 12 . 5 . 401–403 . 10.2307/3404614 . 3404614 . 0002-936X.
  7. Rottman . Marian . 1926 . A Health Study in a Nursing School . The American Journal of Nursing . 26 . 11 . 869–872 . 10.2307/3408319 . 3408319 . 0002-936X.
  8. Rottman . Marian . 1928 . Health Education in Schools of Nursing . The American Journal of Nursing . 28 . 4 . 386–389 . 10.2307/3409364 . 3409364 . 0002-936X.
  9. Rottman . Marian . 1928 . Distribution of Nursing Service in Hospitals . The American Journal of Nursing . 28 . 7 . 686–689 . 10.2307/3409469 . 3409469 . 0002-936X.
  10. Rottman . Marian . 1930 . Affiliations for Nursing Schools: From the Viewpoint of the Receiving Hospital . The American Journal of Nursing . 30 . 7 . 889–894 . 10.2307/3410507 . 3410507 . 0002-936X.
  11. Rottman . Marian . 1931 . The Role of the Nursing Service in the Promotion of the Medical and Administrative Aims of the Hospital . The American Journal of Nursing . 31 . 4 . 480–484 . 10.2307/3410461 . 3410461 . 0002-936X.
  12. Rottman . Marian . 1932 . Friends of Nursing: Mrs. William Church Osborn . The American Journal of Nursing . 32 . 4 . 433–434 . 10.1097/00000446-193204000-00021 . 3410593 . 0002-936X.
  13. Gray . Carolyn E. . 1932 . Review of Clinical Education in Nursing . The American Journal of Nursing . 32 . 11 . 1219–1220 . 10.2307/3411878 . 3411878 . 0002-936X.
  14. Rottman, Marian. "Should a Hospital Close Its Nursing School? And Why?." Modern Hospital 39 (1932): 77-80.
  15. News: 1947-12-09 . Death Takes Orlando Medic . 2024-04-01 . The Miami Herald . 6 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: 1947-12-08 . Dr. Mark L. Fleming Dies; Headed New York Hospitals . 2024-04-01 . Evening star . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: 1955-06-14 . Mrs. Marian E. Fleming . 2024-04-01 . Orlando Evening Star . 15 . Newspapers.com.

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