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Elizabeth Norman and her husband Michael,  are co-authors of  Tears in Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and its Aftermath. It debuted on July 9th, 2009, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 

Julie Fairman has published Making Room in the Clinic: Nurse Practitioners and the Evolution of Modern Health Care. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ.

Sandy Lewenson and Eleanor Herrmann have joined forces in Capturing Nursing History: A Guide to Historical Methods in Research:
Lewenson, S. B., Herrmann, E.K. (2007). Capturing nursing history. New York: Springer Publishing.

Susan Malka has published Daring to Care: American Nursing amd Second Wave Feminism. [2007, University of Illinois Press].

Richard Antinone has completed his MSN.

Shannon Perry, along with Diane Lowdermilk, have published Maternity and Women's Healthcare [2007 Mosby].

Veronica O'Day has published: "A Brief History of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools: Shaping Policy through Collaboration" in Journal of New York State Nurses Association, Spring-Summer, 2007.

Edith West has an article published in The Journal of Oral History: Conflicts and Continuity, British and American FNS Nurses (1950s- 1960s): Oral History Narratives on Nursing. Autumn 2007, Vol. 35, No 2, p.23- 35.

Nancy Diane Blasdell completed her PhD from the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing in May, her dissertation was Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Descriptive Study of the Experience".
Beth Ann Reedy has published: American Babies Their Life and Times in the 20th Century , Praeger Publishers.

Christine Ardalan and Patricia Messmer have published Private Duty Nurse Undine Sams: Passion Power and Political Action. There will be a book launch along with the inauguaral opening of the South Floriday Nursing Archives at Florida International University on October 18, 2007.

Elizabeth A. Tyree, completed her PhD from Loyola University. Her dissertation: Culture Care Values, Beliefs and Practices Observed in Empowerment of American Indian Community Health Representatives.

Martha Schneider has been appointed Nurse manager of ICU, TCU, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville.

Claire Chatterton has received her doctorate from the University of Salford, UK. Her thesis was entitled, "The Weakest Link in the chain of nursing? Recruitment and retention in mental health nursing. 1948 -1968"

Arlene Keeling, received the Dock Award for her book Nursing and the Privilege of Prescription, 1893–2000 [Ohio State University Press].

Clara J Richardson is now the Director of the Center for Nursing History, Ethics, Human Rights and Innovations at Purdue University.

Teresa O'Neill was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for Nigeria, for 2007-08. Tess also co-authored a companion text to Clark's 5th edition of Community Health Nursing: Advocacy for Populations.

Grypma, S Healing Henan: Canadian nurses at the North China Mission, 1888-1947.Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press

Elaine Marshall has accepted the position of Endowed Chair at Georgia Southern University, School of Nursing.

Elaine C Hubbard has been honored by having the Center for Nursing Research in Aging. University of Rochester School for Nursing, named after her.

Shirley Fondiller has published Go, and Do Likewise a history of the Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, 1877-1979.
The book can be ordered ($20) from:
CU-NYHSN Alumni Association
c/o Office of Alumni Affairs
1300 York Avenue, Box 61
New York, NY 10021

Mary E. Gibson has completed her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation is: "From Charity to an Able Body: the Care and Treatment of Disabled Children in Virginia 1910-1935".

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