Cora Eliza Simpson (February 13, 1880 – May 14, 1960) was an American nurse and nursing educator. She was a missionary in China from 1907 to 1945, and founded and ran the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing in Fuzhou. She was also a founder of the Nurses' Association of China.
Cora Simpson was born near Oberlin, Kansas, the daughter of George Mathew Simpson and Rhoda Rosina Simpson. [1] She trained as a nurse at the Nebraska Deaconess Hospital in Omaha, [2] with further training in Chicago, and courses in public health nursing at Simmons College in Boston. [3]
Her youngest sister, Mabel Ellen Simpson, followed her into nursing and missionary work in Asia. Mabel Simpson spent thirteen years as a Methodist nurse in India before she married in 1939. [4]
Simpson joined the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, [5] and was a missionary in China from 1907 until 1944. [6] She founded and ran the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing in Fuzhou. [7] and was superintendent at the Magaw Memorial Hospital and Nurses' Home. [8] [9] "When I came to China I was told that China did not need and was not ready for nurses," she wrote in 1913. "After a day in the hospital and a few visits out into the homes, I decided there were few things that China did need as much as nurses." [10] In 1911, 1917-1918 and 1926-1927, she spent time on furlough, speaking about her work at churches and to other community groups. [11] [12] [13] [14]
Simpson was a co-founder [3] [15] [16] and, later, general secretary of the Nurses' Association of China (N. A. C.). [17] [18] She represented the association at international nursing conferences in Finland in 1925 [19] and in France in 1933. She wrote about her early experiences in China in a memoir, A Joy Ride Through China for the N. A. C. (1926). [20] In 1947, she was named N. A. C.'s general secretary emeritus, in honor of her lifetime of service. [6]
Simpson returned to the United States in 1945, and settled in Michigan. [21] She lectured about her time in China in her later years, [22] and died in 1960, in Chelsea, Michigan, aged 80 years. She is remembered by nursing historians as "a key contributor to modern nursing in China". [9]
Simpson nurses China.
Cora Eliza Simpson (February 13, 1880 – May 14, 1960) was an American nurse and nursing educator. She was a missionary in China from 1907 to 1945, and founded and ran the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing in Fuzhou. She was also a founder of the Nurses' Association of China.
Cora Simpson was born near Oberlin, Kansas, the daughter of George Mathew Simpson and Rhoda Rosina Simpson. [1] She trained as a nurse at the Nebraska Deaconess Hospital in Omaha, [2] with further training in Chicago, and courses in public health nursing at Simmons College in Boston. [3]
Her youngest sister, Mabel Ellen Simpson, followed her into nursing and missionary work in Asia. Mabel Simpson spent thirteen years as a Methodist nurse in India before she married in 1939. [4]
Simpson joined the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, [5] and was a missionary in China from 1907 until 1944. [6] She founded and ran the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing in Fuzhou. [7] and was superintendent at the Magaw Memorial Hospital and Nurses' Home. [8] [9] "When I came to China I was told that China did not need and was not ready for nurses," she wrote in 1913. "After a day in the hospital and a few visits out into the homes, I decided there were few things that China did need as much as nurses." [10] In 1911, 1917-1918 and 1926-1927, she spent time on furlough, speaking about her work at churches and to other community groups. [11] [12] [13] [14]
Simpson was a co-founder [3] [15] [16] and, later, general secretary of the Nurses' Association of China (N. A. C.). [17] [18] She represented the association at international nursing conferences in Finland in 1925 [19] and in France in 1933. She wrote about her early experiences in China in a memoir, A Joy Ride Through China for the N. A. C. (1926). [20] In 1947, she was named N. A. C.'s general secretary emeritus, in honor of her lifetime of service. [6]
Simpson returned to the United States in 1945, and settled in Michigan. [21] She lectured about her time in China in her later years, [22] and died in 1960, in Chelsea, Michigan, aged 80 years. She is remembered by nursing historians as "a key contributor to modern nursing in China". [9]
Simpson nurses China.