The Dedication of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff - Emory (University) School of Nursing

In honor of Miss Nell Hodgson Woodruff, the NellHer undying devotion to nurse care made her the
Hodgson Woodruff / Emory School of Nursing isfirst ever female member of the Emory Hospital
elected as a leader in training nurses for beginningAdministration Committee, and soon enabling her
and advanced practice in Atlanta, Georgia.to establish the Emory (University) School of
Graduates of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff / EmoryNursing. Mrs. Nell Woodruff was also named as an
School of Nursing are forefront leaders that arehonorary member of the Emory Nurses' Alumni
also much honored for their service as excellentAssociation in 1946, then an honorary member of
role models in the nursing practice and recognizedthe Georgia Nurses Association. Finally, in the year
the world over - much like their mother patron.1954, the President Eisenhower appointed Mrs. Nell
Nell Hodgson Woodruff had a passion for nurseHodgson Woodruff as the American delegate to
caring ever since she was a little girl. She startedthe World Health Organization.
to fulfill her promise of service when she enteredMrs. Nell Woodruff's commitment to the nursing
training at the St. Mary's Hospital in Athensservice stamped her name permanently in history
Georgia, but stopped from her nursing studieswhen she became honored by the Emory
when she became wife to Mr. Robert Woodruff.University Board of Trustees renaming the Emory
During the First World War though, Nell Woodruff(University) School of Nursing into the Nell
recalled her calling and volunteered as an aid toHodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in 1967. And
the Red Cross nurses. To be able to help trainuntil these days, Nell Hodgson Woodruff / Emory
other nurses, Nell also took up an additional training(University) School of Nursing continues to carry
of 80 diligent hours. Her active service soonthe name and the service as it fully invests its
earned her authorization to be a nurses' aide inexcellence in the scholarship of discovery,
any of the United States military hospitals.teaching, and application in acute care settings,
Mrs. Nell Woodruff's career and service flourishedhome, and the community.
in 1932 when she began as volunteer at theIn its interdisciplinary partnership with the Robert
Emory University Hospital. The Emory immediatelyW. Woodruff Health Sciences Center and the
recognized her excellent skills and allowed (only)entirety of the Emory University, the Nell
her to work in the maternity ward.Hodgson Woodruff / Emory (University) School of
When the Second World War broke, Mrs.Nursing dedicates its scholarship, leadership, and
Woodruff again donated her service to the Redsocial responsibility to Mrs. Nell Hodgson Woodruff
Cross and in the US hospitals while also recruitingin all its service to the world.
other women to nurse the wounded.