Lavinia Lloyd Dock
Personal Information
Born: 1858
Died: 1956
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing 1886
"“It was a great joy to do a little guerilla war in that cause, and I believe that going to jail gave me a purer feeling of unalloyed content than I ever had in any of my other work.” ( ncbi.nlm.nih.gov); “We owe the existence of our profession to the womens’ movement. We owe it all that we are, all that we have of opportunity and advancement.” (suffragistmemorial.org); "The old stiff minds must give way. The old selfish minds must go. Obstructive reactionaries must move on. The young are at the gates!" (cupola.gettysburg.edu); "
— Lavinia Lloyd Dock
Professional Life
Field of Study: Nursing; Suffragist
Institution/Corporation: Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing; Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Degrees & Memberships: Member: American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses (1893, later known as National League for Nursing), Nurses' Associated Alumnae (1893, now American Nurses Association), International Council of Nurses (1899), Women's Trade Union League (WTUL), Equality League of Self Supporting Women (1907), NY Women's Trade Union, National Woman's Party (1917), Social Reform Club, American Society of Sanitary & Moral Prophylaxis, Nurses Settlement in NY, American Federation of Nurses
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1976 American Nurses Association's Hall of Fame
Achievements: 1890 authored Matera Medica for Nurses- a manual of drugs used by nurses for years; 1893 cofounded National League for Nursing (originally the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses) with Isabel Hampton Robb & Mary Adelaide Nutting; with Nutting, wrote a 4-volume history of nursing (1907-12); was a contributing editor to the American Journal of Nursing; in later life campaigned for social reform especially women's rights; 1890 was appointed Assistant Superintendent at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in charge of 1st year & ward teaching; 1910 published "Hygiene & Morality" opposing state-regulated prostitution & supporting treatment of venereal disease; 1917 with Leonora O'Reilly founded a local chapter of the United Garment Workers of America; with Isabel M. Stewart wrote "A Short History of Nursing" in 1920; with Sarah E. Pickett wrote "History of American Red Cross Nursing" in 1922
wwas 1 of 6 children who became independently wealthy after their parents inherited land which provided an income
1888 worked with Jane Delano, the nurse who later founded the American Red Cross Nursing Service, at a Florida hospital during a yellow fever outbreak
1889 worked with Clara Barton helping victims of the Johnstown Pennsylvania flood
her father financed the 1st edition of her book, "Materia Medica for Nurses
left Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 1896 & joined the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan working as a visiting nurse for 20 years
withdrew from nursing around age 50 & focused on contemporary social matters like gender equality & woman's suffrage
1909 participated in the New York shirtwaist strike
moved to Washington DC in 1917 & joined the advisory council of the National Woman's Council
1912 walked in the suffrage hike from New York city to Albany which began with over 200 women & was 1 of the 5 women who finished
was arrested after militant demonstrations in June & August 1917 & August 1918
1917 coined the phrase "The young are at the gates" which became the banner slogan during picketing at the White House
1922 retired to the family farm in Pennsylvania & lived with her 4 unwed sisters
became deaf in her later years
the American Association for the History of Nursing gives a yearly awardin her name
was arrested in 1896 after attempting to vote in New York
served 30 days in the Occuquan workhouse in Virginia in 1917