Lena Angevine Warner: pioneer public health nurse.
Lena Angevine Warner was a remarkable early southern nurse who, as a result of her Army experience with the Walter Reed Commission yellow fever experiments in Cuba, directed her life work to disease prevention and public health. This biographic sketch traces her long and productive career from 1889 until her retirement in 1946, and illustrates her significant contributions to public health nursing in the mid-South.
University of Tennessee, College of Nursing, Memphis 38163, USA.
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