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Lillian Wald

1867 - 1940

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Lillian D. Wald (March 10, 1867 – September 1, 1940) was an American nurse, humanitarian and author. She strove for human rights and started American community nursing. She founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City and was an early advocate for nurses in public schools. After growing up in Ohio and New York, Wald became a nurse. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Lillian Wald is the 639th most popular social activist (down from 605th in 2024), the 11,495th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,205th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lillian Wald ranks 639 out of 840. Before her are Jake Angeli, Sumaira Abdulali, Chen Guangcheng, Curtis Yarvin, Maria Verónica Reina, and Alva Belmont. After her are Wu'erkaixi, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Frank Kameny, Ingrid Newkirk, Elizaveta Glinka, and Lucy Burns.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Lillian Wald ranks 153. Before her are Henry Lawson, William Dod, Edith Hamilton, Anders Peter Nielsen, Flora Finch, and Alec B. Francis. After her are A. E. Douglass, Arthur Streeton, Hobart Bosworth, George Luks, Patrick Joseph Hayes, and William Lashly. Among people deceased in 1940, Lillian Wald ranks 195. Before her are Eugenie Schwarzwald, Tomasz Stankiewicz, Rudolf Thurneysen, Frederick Merriman, Flora Finch, and Gregorio Aglipay. After her are George Lansbury, Michael Joseph Savage, Walter Connolly, Maude Abbott, William Lashly, and George B. Cortelyou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lillian Wald ranks 11,497 out of 20,380. Before her are Lisa Franchetti (1964), Roger Miller (1936), Sydney Schanberg (1934), Gillian Flynn (1971), Dan Bilzerian (1980), and Robert Wrenn (1873). After her are Thora Birch (1982), Glenn Plummer (1961), Eddy Arnold (1918), Bob Sweikert (1926), Jason David Frank (1973), and Crane Wilbur (1886).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Lillian Wald ranks 103. Before her are Aaron Swartz (1986), Norma McCorvey (1947), Angelina Grimké (1805), Jake Angeli (1988), Curtis Yarvin (1973), and Alva Belmont (1853). After her are Frank Kameny (1925), Lucy Burns (1879), Karen Silkwood (1946), Ryan White (1971), Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842), and Fannie Lou Hamer (1917).

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