Anne Lyon Hansen
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Anne Lyon Hanson (4 January 1878 – 11 March 1938) was an English nurse who emigrated to the US. She was a leader in the areas of public health and social work.[1]
She was the president of both the New York State Organisation Public Health Nursing and the President of the New York State Nurses' Association.
Early life and education[edit]
Anne Lyon Hansen was born in Leeds, England on 4 January 1878 to Scottish and English parents Anna Lyon and Joseph L. Nichols.[1][2]
She received a private school education in England, before learning nursing at Buffalo Children's Hospital Training School.[1] She received post-graduate training at Buffalo General Hospital.[1]
Career[edit]
Hanson had a long time involvement with the Visiting Nursing Association of Buffalo, from the role of staff nurse in 1905, to the position of Director from 1915 until her death.[3] She was a member of the National Committee on Red Cross Nursing Service, and was a member of the White House conference on Public Health Nursing called by President Herbert Hoover.[2]
She was the president of the New York State Organisation Public Health Nursing for four years and the President of the New York State Nurses' Association for three years.[1]
Personal life and death[edit]
Hanson was married to Viggo Hansen, who whom she had a son, also named Viggo;[2] they lived on Franklin Street, Buffalo.[1] She died of a heart condition in Buffalo, New York on 11 March 1938, aged 60.[2]
Her funeral procession included an escort of sixty uniformed nurse members of the Visiting Nursing Association of Buffalo.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Who's Who in the Nursing World: Anne Lyon Hansen". The American Journal of Nursing. 25 (12): 1003. 1925. ISSN 0002-936X. JSTOR 3409631.
- ^ a b c d Litoff, Judy Barrett; McDonnell, Judith (1994). European Immigrant Women in the United States: A Biographical Dictionary. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8240-5306-2.
- ^ a b "Obituaries". The American Journal of Nursing. 38 (4): 497–500. 1938. doi:10.1097/00000446-193804000-00035. ISSN 0002-936X. JSTOR 3414356.