Lilian+Wald

Birthday: March 10, 1867 Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio Nationality: German Gender: Female Religion: Jewish Relationship Status: single Political Views: communist Career: Nurse Education: New York Hospital for nurses (1891) Women's Medical College (N.Y.) (1893) Family Members: Alfred, Julia, Gus Wald (siblings)

About Me: I am Lillian Wald. I am the founder of the public health nursing in the United States. I am extremely dedicated to the cause of public health, and I established important social reforms to accommodate the needs of the turn-of-the-century immigrant population in New York City. I am a public health nurse, settlement leader, and social reformer. In 1891, I graduated from New York Hospital for nurses, and in 1893 from Women's Medical College (N.Y.). In 1892, I worked as a nurse at the New York Juvenile Asylum. I founded the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. I founded the Henry Street Settlement, also the neighborhood playhouse for female education. I founded the federal children's bureau in 1912. I founded the idea for a school for nursing.

Groups: -National Organization of Public Health Nurses (NOPHN) -Womens Trade Union League (WTUL) -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -New York Immigration Commission -National Child Labor Committee -The Joint board of sanitary control (1910) -American Union Against Militarism (AUAM) (President)