Ethel Parsons’ biographical characteristics: leadership in American and Brazilian nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: to reconstruct Ethel Parsons’ biographical aspects in the centenary of the technical cooperation mission for nursing development in Brazil. Method: biographical research, carried out using the historical sources analysis method, which consists of reading and interpreting the collected documents. Results: from a renowned family, Ethel Parsons was head of public health services and worked for the American Red Cross before being appointed to coordinate the Rockefeller Foundation mission in Brazil, where she inaugurated the Anglo-American model of nursing. For ten years, Parsons dedicated herself to leading such a mission, which resulted in implementation and dissemination, by decree, of the Anglo-American model of nursing. In 1931, she returned to her country, where she died in 1953. Conclusion: Ethel Parsons stood out in the 20th century as a woman and a nurse, leading public health care services in the USA and Brazil. Her biography demonstrates an ideal of professionalization and science to be conquered by nursing in the care and educational scenario, which influenced the design of a collective identity for Brazilian nursing.

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Main Authors: Peters,Angela Aparecida, Peres,Maria Angélica de Almeida, Padilha,Maria Itayra, D’Antonio,Patricia, Aperibense,Pacita Geovana Gama de Sousa, Santos,Tânia Cristina Franco, Gómez-Cantarino,María Sagrario
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem 2022
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spelling oai:scielo:S0080-623420220001005172023-01-03Ethel Parsons’ biographical characteristics: leadership in American and Brazilian nursingPeters,Angela AparecidaPeres,Maria Angélica de AlmeidaPadilha,Maria ItayraD’Antonio,PatriciaAperibense,Pacita Geovana Gama de SousaSantos,Tânia Cristina FrancoGómez-Cantarino,María Sagrario Biograph Schools, Nursin History of Nursin Public Healt ABSTRACT Objective: to reconstruct Ethel Parsons’ biographical aspects in the centenary of the technical cooperation mission for nursing development in Brazil. Method: biographical research, carried out using the historical sources analysis method, which consists of reading and interpreting the collected documents. Results: from a renowned family, Ethel Parsons was head of public health services and worked for the American Red Cross before being appointed to coordinate the Rockefeller Foundation mission in Brazil, where she inaugurated the Anglo-American model of nursing. For ten years, Parsons dedicated herself to leading such a mission, which resulted in implementation and dissemination, by decree, of the Anglo-American model of nursing. In 1931, she returned to her country, where she died in 1953. Conclusion: Ethel Parsons stood out in the 20th century as a woman and a nurse, leading public health care services in the USA and Brazil. Her biography demonstrates an ideal of professionalization and science to be conquered by nursing in the care and educational scenario, which influenced the design of a collective identity for Brazilian nursing.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidade de São Paulo, Escola de EnfermagemRevista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP v.56 20222022-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342022000100517en10.1590/1980-220x-reeusp-2022-0320en
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Peres,Maria Angélica de Almeida
Padilha,Maria Itayra
D’Antonio,Patricia
Aperibense,Pacita Geovana Gama de Sousa
Santos,Tânia Cristina Franco
Gómez-Cantarino,María Sagrario
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Peres,Maria Angélica de Almeida
Padilha,Maria Itayra
D’Antonio,Patricia
Aperibense,Pacita Geovana Gama de Sousa
Santos,Tânia Cristina Franco
Gómez-Cantarino,María Sagrario
Ethel Parsons’ biographical characteristics: leadership in American and Brazilian nursing
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Gómez-Cantarino,María Sagrario
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title Ethel Parsons’ biographical characteristics: leadership in American and Brazilian nursing
title_short Ethel Parsons’ biographical characteristics: leadership in American and Brazilian nursing
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description ABSTRACT Objective: to reconstruct Ethel Parsons’ biographical aspects in the centenary of the technical cooperation mission for nursing development in Brazil. Method: biographical research, carried out using the historical sources analysis method, which consists of reading and interpreting the collected documents. Results: from a renowned family, Ethel Parsons was head of public health services and worked for the American Red Cross before being appointed to coordinate the Rockefeller Foundation mission in Brazil, where she inaugurated the Anglo-American model of nursing. For ten years, Parsons dedicated herself to leading such a mission, which resulted in implementation and dissemination, by decree, of the Anglo-American model of nursing. In 1931, she returned to her country, where she died in 1953. Conclusion: Ethel Parsons stood out in the 20th century as a woman and a nurse, leading public health care services in the USA and Brazil. Her biography demonstrates an ideal of professionalization and science to be conquered by nursing in the care and educational scenario, which influenced the design of a collective identity for Brazilian nursing.
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