Arnstein, Margaret (1904–1972)

American nurse. Born Margaret Gene Arnstein, Oct 27, 1904, in New York, NY; died Oct 8, 1972, in New Haven, Connecticut; dau. of Leo Arnstein (businessman) and Elsie (Nathan) Arnstein (social worker); niece of NY governor Herbert H. Lehman; graduated from Ethical Culture School (1921); Smith College, AB in biological sciences, 1925; New York Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, nursing diploma, c. 1928; Teachers College, Columbia University, MA in public health nursing, 1929; Johns Hopkins University, MA in public health, 1934.

Celebrated for leadership in public health nursing, worked at Westchester County Hospital in White Plains, NY, and at New York State Department of Health's communicable disease division (as consultant nurse); taught public health nursing at University of Minnesota (1938–40); took leave from New York Health Department to work with United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in Balkan countries (1943–45); began work at US Public Health Service (USPHS) as assistant to chief nurse Lucile Petry (1946), serving as chief of nursing division (1957–64); was then named senior nursing advisor for the International Health Office of the US Surgeon General's office (1964); left USPHS to head University of Michigan's public health nursing program (1966); served as dean of Yale University School of Nursing until retirement (1967–72); directed 1st International Conference on Nursing Studies in Sèvres, France (1956); writings include World Health Organization's A Guide for National Studies of Nursing Resources (1953). Was the 1st holder of Annie W. Goodrich Chair of Nursing at Yale University School of Nursing (1958).