Reva Rubin (1919 to 1995) was an American nurse and one of the first specialists in maternity nursing. Her work broadened maternal nursing to include the mother's mental wellbeing before and after childbirth. She took her bachelor's degree at Hunter College in 1941 and a master's in nursing at Yale in 1946, then worked as a midwife with the Frontier Nursing Service in rural Kentucky before returning to Yale for a master's in mental health. She taught at Yale, the University of Chicago and, from 1960 to 1981, the University of Pittsburgh. Her writing from 1961 onward, including the 1984 book The Maternal Identity and the Maternal Experience, separated maternal nursing from obstetric nursing, and with Florence H. Erickson she founded the first known research journal in maternal nursing in 1972. She received the first March of Dimes Award in Nursing and an American Nurses Association service award.
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PrizeMarch of Dimes Award in Nursing 1 PrizeAmerican Nurses Association Distinguished Service Award in Maternal-Child Nursing 1 Connections
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April 8, 1919
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13, 1995
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Her work helped to broaden maternal nursing
Awards
The March of Dimes awarded Rubin their first annual Award in Nursing.
Awards, American Nurses Association
she received the Distinguished Service Award in Maternal-Child Nursing from the American Nurses Association
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was an American nurse
In Group: Midwifery, Reproductive Science and Hospice Care Pioneers, Career
She worked with them as a midwife in impoverished parts of rural Kentucky
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