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Linda Richards
This article is about the American nurse.
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For the Australian neuroscientist, see Linda Richards (neuroscientist). For the author and editor, see Linda L. Richards.
First professionally trained American nurse (1841 – 1930)
Linda Richards (July 27, 1841 – April 16, 1930) was the first professionally trained American nurse.[1] She established nursing training programs in the United States and Japan, and created the first system for keeping individual medical records for hospitalized patients.[2]
Early life
Richards was born Malinda Ann Judson Richards on July 27, 1841, in West Potsdam, New York.
She was the youngest of three daughters of Betsy Sinclair Richards and Sanford Richards, a preacher, who named his daughter after the missionary Ann Hasseltine Judson in the hopes that she would follow in her footsteps.
In 1845, Richards moved with her family to Wisconsin, where they owned some land.
However, her father died of tuberculosi