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| '''Bertha Harmer''' (2 March 1885 – 14 December 1934) was a ] nurse, writer and educator |
'''Bertha Harmer''' (2 March 1885 – 14 December 1934) was a ] nurse, writer and educator, known for writing the textbook ''Textbook of the Principles and Practice of Nursing''.{{r|hnn}} | ||
| Harmer was born in ], the daughter of a railway carpenter. After finishing high school and working for several years,{{r|aahn}} | |||
| ==United States== | |||
| she earned a nursing degree from the Toronto General Hospital in 1913,{{r|hnn}} | |||
| The ], ]-born Harmer was acclaimed for her '']'' (published by ]). The book first appeared in April 1922 while Harmer was teaching at ] in ]. The 2nd edition appeared six years later. She was named Assistant Professor at ] and as First Assistant Superintendent of Nurses at the New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. {{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} | |||
| and a bachelor's degree in administration and teaching from ] in ] in 1915.{{r|aahn}} | |||
| In 1922, as a nursing teacher at St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in New York, Harmer published the first edition of her textbook. | |||
| ==Return to Canada== | |||
| She joined the faculty of the ] in 1923, and remained there until 1927;{{r|aahn}} at Yale, she was also First Assistant Superintendent of Nurses at the New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.{{r|hnn|aahn}} During this time she also published a second book, ''Methods and Principles of Teaching the Practice of Nursing''.{{r|aahn}} | |||
| She left these positions before 1928 and moved to ], where she was named Director of the School for Graduate Nurses at . She remained until she was forced to retire due to poor health in 1934, the same year she died. | |||
| She left her position at Yale in 1927 for health reasons, but returned to Teachers College where she earned a master's degree.{{r|aahn}} | |||
| The third edition of her book was the last to appear under her name alone. It was published in July 1934, five months before Harmer's death. Christena Wallace (TGH/1922) who was Harmer's nurse around that time reportedly recalled Harmer editing the book and conferring with the publisher despite her very poor health. Harmer's book was so popular that the 4th and 5th editions, printed in 1939 and 1955, respectively, kept Harmer's name and added ] as a co-author/co-editor.<ref></ref><ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708083036/http://www.booksbythesea.com/ap_bertha_harmer_henderson_virginia.html |date=8 July 2011 }}</ref> | |||
| In 1928 she moved to ] in ], where she became director of McGill's nursing school.{{r|hnn|mcgill}} | |||
| At McGill, in the height of the ], she had to work hard to prevent the school from closing.{{r|aahn|kerr}} | |||
| By 1934 her health had again become a problem for her; she resigned from McGill, and died that year.{{r|hnn|aahn}} | |||
| She revised her book twice, publishing a second edition in 1928 and a third edition in 1934.{{r|hnn}} | |||
| ==Death== | |||
| Its publisher, Macmillan, published fourth and fifth editions in 1939 and 1955, adding Virginia Henderson as a second author but keeping Harmer's name because of the popularity of the book.{{r|hnn}} | |||
| Bertha Harmer died on 14 December 1934, aged only 49. She was interred in her family's plot in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, ]. | |||
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==References== | ||
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| ⚫ | <ref name=aahn>{{citation|url=http://www.aahn.org/gravesites/harmer.html|title=Bertha Harmer 1880–1934|publisher=American Association for the History of Nursing|accessdate=2017-12-27}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | <ref name=hnn>{{citation | ||
| | date = March 1998 | | date = March 1998 | ||
| | journal = History of Nursing News | | journal = History of Nursing News | ||
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| | title = Remembering Bertha Harmer | | title = Remembering Bertha Harmer | ||
| | url = https://allemang.on.ca/bulletins/22feb99.html | | url = https://allemang.on.ca/bulletins/22feb99.html | ||
| | volume = 8}} | | volume = 8}}</ref> | ||
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| <ref name=kerr>{{citation | |||
| | last = Kerr | first = J. R. | | last = Kerr | first = J. R. | ||
| | date = April 1988 | | date = April 1988 | ||
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| | pmid = 11621553 | | pmid = 11621553 | ||
| | title = Bertha Harmer and McGill University nurses fight to forestall closure of the School for Graduate Nurses during the depression | | title = Bertha Harmer and McGill University nurses fight to forestall closure of the School for Graduate Nurses during the depression | ||
| | volume = 3}} | | volume = 3}}</ref> | ||
| <ref name=mcgill>{{citation|url=http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/guide/vol1/rg64.htm|title= Nursing|publisher=McGill University Archives|accessdate=2017-12-27}}</ref> | |||
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| Bertha Harmer | |
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| Born | 2 March 1885 Port Hope, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | December 14, 1934(1934-12-14) (aged 49) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | nurse, writer and educator |
Bertha Harmer (2 March 1885 – 14 December 1934) was a Canadian nurse, writer and educator, known for writing the textbook Textbook of the Principles and Practice of Nursing.
Harmer was born in Port Hope, Ontario, the daughter of a railway carpenter. After finishing high school and working for several years, she earned a nursing degree from the Toronto General Hospital in 1913, and a bachelor's degree in administration and teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City in 1915.
In 1922, as a nursing teacher at St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in New York, Harmer published the first edition of her textbook. She joined the faculty of the Yale School of Nursing in 1923, and remained there until 1927; at Yale, she was also First Assistant Superintendent of Nurses at the New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. During this time she also published a second book, Methods and Principles of Teaching the Practice of Nursing.
She left her position at Yale in 1927 for health reasons, but returned to Teachers College where she earned a master's degree. In 1928 she moved to McGill University in Montreal, where she became director of McGill's nursing school. At McGill, in the height of the Great Depression, she had to work hard to prevent the school from closing. By 1934 her health had again become a problem for her; she resigned from McGill, and died that year.
She revised her book twice, publishing a second edition in 1928 and a third edition in 1934. Its publisher, Macmillan, published fourth and fifth editions in 1939 and 1955, adding Virginia Henderson as a second author but keeping Harmer's name because of the popularity of the book.
References
- ^ "Remembering Bertha Harmer", History of Nursing News, 8: 8, March 1998
- ^ Bertha Harmer 1880–1934, American Association for the History of Nursing, retrieved 27 December 2017
- Nursing, McGill University Archives, retrieved 27 December 2017
- Kerr, J. R. (April 1988), "Bertha Harmer and McGill University nurses fight to forestall closure of the School for Graduate Nurses during the depression", Journal of Nursing History, 3 (2): 6–21, PMID 11621553
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