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Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom

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Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom

American nurse and midwife (1879-1960)

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Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom was an American nurse and midwife reformer. In 1913, she became the first American nurse to become a licensed midwife. She made pioneering contributions in preventing childhood blindness. Van Blarcom also played instrumental role in establishing a school for midwives, and extensively contributed in reforming some of the important health institutions in America including the Maryland State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis.

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