Sally jean biography
Sally Lucas Jean (June 18, – July 5, ) was an American health educator and nurse.
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Sally Lucas Jean
American health educator and nurse
Sally Lucas Jean | |
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| Born | June 18, 1878 Towson, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | June 5, 1971(1971-06-05) (aged 92) New York, New York, U.S. |
Sally Lucas Jean (June 18, 1878 – July 5, 1971) was an American health educator and nurse.[1]
Biography
Sally Lucas Jean was born June 18, 1878, the youngest child of three to George and Emilie Watkins (née Selby) Jean in Towson, Maryland.
Her mother was a southerner while her father had fought for the north in the American Civil War. Her father was a teacher and died when Jean was fifteen. Jean was encouraged to follow him into the teaching profession and she graduated in 1896 from Maryland State Normal School.[2] However Jean had a particular interest.
She had played Florence Nightingale in a school play shortly after losing her friend to diphtheria.[2] The events interested her in a nursing career and she went on to graduate from Maryland
