Louie Croft Boyd
American nurse and hospital superintendent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Louie Croft Boyd (1871 – June 15, 1951) was an American nurse, hospital superintendent of nurses, nursing instructor, and writer. As a lobbyist for the newly formed Colorado State Trained Nurses Association, she advocated for legislation to regulate the licensing of nurses in Colorado. Upon passage of the bill in 1905, she applied for and became the first licensed nurse in the state. She was posthumously inducted into the Colorado Nurses Association Hall of Fame and the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Louie Croft Boyd R.N. | |
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Born | 1871 (1871) New York, US |
Died | June 15, 1951(1951-06-15) (aged 79–80) Denver, Colorado, US |
Education | B.A., Colorado Training School for Nurses, 1899 Certificate of Hospital Economics, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1909 |
Occupation(s) | Hospital superintendent of nurses Nursing instructor |
Years active | 1900–1941 |
Known for | First licensed nurse in state of Colorado (1905) |
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Institutions | Denver General Hospital Rio Grande Hospital, Salida, Colorado St. Luke's Hospital, Denver Wyoming General Hospital, Rock Springs, Wyoming Minnesota State Sanatorium for Consumptives |
Awards | Colorado Nurses Association Hall of Fame, 2004 Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, 2004 |
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