Capturing Nursing History:

In her role as Professor of Nursing at the Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University, Sandra B. Lewenson, EdD, RN, FAAN, brings nursing's rich history into the classroom. She teaches an online nursing history course to both undergraduate and graduate nursing students making history accessible and part of their educational experience. Dr. Lewenson weaves her love of nursing history into all the courses she teaches, including courses on decision-making, nursing education, and nursing research. She recently served as the President of the American Association for the History of Nursing and continues to be actively involved in this organization. Her research interests include nursing's historical political activity, the integration of nursing history into the curriculum, the evidence of nursism and its influence on the profession, and the history of nursing education in the United States. She has been the recipient of the Outstanding Scholarship and Research Award from Teachers College, Columbia University, inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Alumni Association of Hunter College, and received the American Association for the History of Nursing Lavinia Dock Award for Historical Scholarship and Research in Nursing. Dr. Lewenson is a member of the American Academy of Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society.

Throughout her career, noted nurse historian and Professor Emerita from the University of Connecticut, Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, EdD, RN, FAAN, has been devoted to preserving nursing history and designing nursing curriculum for future generations. Both of her interests took her to Central and South America where she was instrumental in establishing the curriculum of Ecuador's first university-level school of nursing under the auspices of Project Hope. Since 1969 she has had an ongoing relationship with the nursing profession in Belize, Central America as well as with several other countries in this area of the world. Dr. Herrmann has served on the faculties of several universities, including Yale and the Universities of Connecticut, Wyoming, Colorado, Syracuse, and Cornell. Dr. Herrmann has served as president of the prestigious American Association for the History of Nursing, and is the author of several articles, books, and monographs on various aspects of nursing history. One of her most noted works is the History of Belizean Nursing Education, published in 1985 as the Origins of Tomorrow. Dr. Herrmann has been the recipient of several awards in nursing, including the Yale University School of Nursing's Annie W. Goodrich Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Connecticut Nurses Association's Josephine A. Dolan Award. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. For many years, Dr. Herrmann has been engaged in curating for the University of Connecticut's historic Dolan Collection and she continues to mentor nurse historians throughout the world.