Isabel Hampton Robb

Isabel Adams Hampton Robb (1859-1910) was an American nurse theorist, author and nursing school administrator who became an early leader of her profession. She served as the first Superintendent of Nurses at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and wrote several influential textbooks for nurses. She also helped found the organizations that became known as the National League for Nursing, the International Council of Nurses and the American Nurses Association. Through her work developing a curriculum of more advanced training at Johns Hopkins, she played a large role in raising the social status of nursing as an occupation.