A new profession for women: the art and science of nursing in Cincinnati, 1889-1940.

Franklin H. North, "A New Profession for Women," Century Magazine, Nov. 18 82, p. 38. Almost one hundred years ago on January 1, 1889 the Cincinnati Training School for Nurses opened establishing a new profession for the women of Cincinnati. The impetus for the school did not arise from the hospital's medical staff or its trustees but instead from a group of prominent women in the city who, with the help of Dr. Nathaniel P. Dandridge, convinced the hospital's officials of the merits of trained nurses. Led by Dr. Mary Osborne, sponsors including Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs. John A.