Davis, Mary E.P. (c. 1840–1924)
Davis, Mary E.P. (c. 1840–1924)
Canadian nurse. Born c. 1840 in New Brunswick, Canada; died June 9, 1924, in Norwood, Massachusetts; dau. of Charlotte (McFarland) Davis and John Davis (British army officer); graduate of Boston Training School for Nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital, 1878.
Contributor to nursing education, served as superintendent of University of Pennsylvania Hospital and Training School for nurses (1889–99); after attending a nursing convention at World's Fair in Chicago (1893), was a key organizer, later vice president (1894–95) and president (1896), of American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses of United States and Canada, now called the National League for Nursing; served as committee chair on periodicals (1899–02) of Nurses' Associated Alumnae of United States and Canada, called the American Nurses Association from 1911; helped establish American Journal of Nursing (Oct 1900) and later served as president of its board of directors; helped establish (1903) and later served as president (1911–13) of Massachusetts Nurses Association.