Doubling back over roads once traveled: Creating a national organization for nurse-midwifery

The quest for a new national organization began in 1940 and concluded in November 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri, with the founding meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwifery. This article looks at the conflicts with organized nursing about the place and role of nurse-midwives in the newly re...

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Published in:Journal of midwifery & women's health 2005-03, Vol.50 (2), p.71-82
Main Author: Dawley, Katy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Americans
American College of Nurse-Midwifery
American College of Nurse-Midwives
Catholic Maternity Center
Emigration and Immigration
Female
Frontier Nursing Service
History, 20th Century
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Leadership
Male
Maternity Center Association
Midwifery - education
Midwifery - history
National Organization of Public Health Nursing
Nurse Midwives - education
Nurse Midwives - history
Nursing
Physician-Nurse Relations
Pregnancy
Public Health Nursing - history
racial segregation
Societies, Nursing - history
Societies, Nursing - organization & administration
United States
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Summary:The quest for a new national organization began in 1940 and concluded in November 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri, with the founding meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwifery. This article looks at the conflicts with organized nursing about the place and role of nurse-midwives in the newly reorganized American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. Discussions and disagreements within nurse-midwifery over the need for a nonexclusive national organization that would set professional standards are examined.
ISSN:1526-9523
1542-2011
DOI:10.1016/j.jmwh.2004.12.002