Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994)

Ellen Broe

Ellen Johanne Broe was a Danish nurse who spent several decades working and seeking education abroad before returning to Denmark and helping to establish educational and training initiatives in Denmark. She helped draft minimum curriculum requirements for nursing students, as well as continuing education guidelines. She was active in the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and sought to find ways to bring nursing education to developing areas most in need of trained nursing staff. She received the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1961 for her contributions to nursing excellence.

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1900

February 11

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1900 Born

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-660 Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
55 The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
951 Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.
1144 Robert of Chester completes his translation from Arabic to Latin of the Liber de compositione alchemiae, marking the birth of Western alchemy.

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The world in 1900

When Ellen arrived

april 1 Prince George becomes absolute monarch of the Cretan State.
april 10 British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort. Six hundred British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.
april 12 One day after its enactment by the Congress, President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
april 14 The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.

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Aaron Copland 1900–1990 American composer and conductor (born 1900) Alastair Sim 1900–1976 Scottish-English actor (born 1900) Arnold Orville Beckman 1900– American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (died 2004) Bill Ponsford 1900– Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991) Bunny Ahearne 1900–1985 Irish-born English businessman (born 1900) Douglas Jardine 1900– Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958) Eduardo De Filippo 1900–1984 Italian actor and screenwriter (died 1984) Edward Ardizzone 1900– Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (died 1979) Ernie Pyle 1900–1945 American journalist and soldier (born 1900)

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