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Collection GroH : Helen Gross Collection

Description

Key

90481

Reference Code Element

GroH

Type

Text

Creator

Personal name, Gross, Helen

Administrative/Biographical History

Helen Gross
2 Feb 1870- July 1949
Helen Gross was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Sister of 1891 graduate Mary Gross, Helen received her nursing diploma in 1897. Following graduation, she served as head nurse in the operating room and the dispensary at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. From 1902 to 1905 she was assistant superintendent and head nurse at Union Protestant Infirmary. In 1907 she worked for the District Visiting Nurse Association in Baltimore. In 1909 she returned to Johns Hopkins Hospital, working in the surgery operating room as head nurse and with Dr. Halsted. She resigned in 1912 to be the head of the infirmary at Princeton University, where she worked for the remainder of her career. She aided in the planning the McCosh Infirmary there in 1925. She retired from active nursing in 1929. She was an active member of the Johns Hopkins Nurses Alumnae Association.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins Training School for Nurses, stuent, 1895-1897

Scope and Content

The Helen Gross Collection consists of her maltese cross pin and her Maryland State Nurses certificate.

Subjects - Name

Corporate name, Johns Hopkins Hospital. School of Nursing. Class of 1897

Language

English

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

2003, 2007

Processing Information

The Helen Gross Collection was processed by Anthony Dellureficio and described by Elisabeth Sultzbaugh and Ruth Carver through a grant from the Johns Hopkins Nurses' Alumni Association.

Related Artifacts

Found 1 record(s)

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	904A	Maltese Cross

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