With an emphasis on the qualities that have fostered strong nursing leadership, this book provides a unique perspective on the lives and achievements ofthe most revered nurses throughout history. It is comprised of biographies of many of nursing's most important activist agents of change, with a focus onthose characteristics that enabled them to accomplish their goals and implement changes that improved nursing, health, health care, and society. These biographies examine the evolution of nursing and society around the globe and underscore the resourcefulness and political savvy these nurses used to meetthe increasingly complex needs of society.\Using Kouzes and Posner's five practices of exemplary leadership as a framework, the biographies demonstrate how the nurses used these processes to achievetheir goals. Placed within the context and dynamics of each nurse leader's lifetimeé including gender roles, science and technology, religion, politics, andeconomicséeach biography includes a personal history, timeline, accomplishments, anecdotes, and legacy. The book honors such well-known nurse leaders asFlorence Nightingale, Clara Barton, and Dorothea Dix, along with lesser known nurse leaders. By telling the stories of these luminaries, the book showcases nursing's rich history and its influence on society. Ultimately fostering an understanding of the very nature of leadership, it provides a strongfoundation and inspiration for nurses to lead nursing, health care, and society into a better future.\\KEY FEATURES:\\Focuses on nursing history through the lens of leadership\Uses the framework of Kouzes and Posneré€ôs five practices of exemplary leadership to analyze the achievements of nurse luminaries\Considers the lives of well-known and lesser known figures in nursing history\Focuses on leadership characteristics that enabled historic nurse leaders to implement important changes in global health care.

Exemplary nursing leadership / David Anthony Forrester -- Florence Nightingale : where most work is wanted / Frances Ward -- Mother Mary Aikenhead : a life of vision / Deborah Cleeter -- Clara Barton : angel of the battlefield / Karen Egenes, Frances Vlasses -- Margaret Higgins Sanger : the law shall be broken / Patricia Hindin -- Sister Elizabeth Kenny : conviction and controversy / Mary Kamienski -- Clara Louise Maass : servant leader undaunted / Carol Emerson Winters -- Dorothea Lynde Dix : privilege, passion, and reform / Barbara Caldwell -- Lillian D. Wald : pioneer of public health / Mary Ann Christopher, Regina Hawkey, Mary Christine Jared -- Mary Breckinridge : angel on horseback / Denise M. Tate -- Edith Louisa Cavell : courage in the face of duty / Barbara J. Patterson -- Nurses leading change : the time is now! / Susan W. Salmond, David Anthony Forrester.