I have read many of Margaret Arnstein's published pieces. Her writings reveal that she was both sharp and sensitive about the nursing issues salient during her career. How fascinating it is that her family knew Lillian Wald and that Wald encouraged her to be a nurse. It's also so impressive that Arnstein served during WW2, and then went on to devote the remainder of her career to public health nursing and university nursing education. Even though she was connected with the University of Michigan for only a year or so, I feel a connection with her because I graduated from there with an MA. I think nursing students can benefit greatly from becoming familiar with our nursing predecessors. Someone like Margaret Arnstein has a lot to teach us and is an enduring role model.
I have read many of Margaret Arnstein's published pieces. Her writings reveal that she was both sharp and sensitive about the nursing issues salient during her career. How fascinating it is that her family knew Lillian Wald and that Wald encouraged her to be a nurse. It's also so impressive that Arnstein served during WW2, and then went on to devote the remainder of her career to public health nursing and university nursing education. Even though she was connected with the University of Michigan for only a year or so, I feel a connection with her because I graduated from there with an MA. I think nursing students can benefit greatly from becoming familiar with our nursing predecessors. Someone like Margaret Arnstein has a lot to teach us and is an enduring role model.