Oregon Nurses Association Legislative Committee records

Collection — Box: SC02

Identifier: 2008-012

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence, reports, position papers, bulletins, and ephemera.

Dates

Creation: 1949-1963

Creator

Oregon Nurses Association (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on access. The collection is open to the public.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

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Biographical

Shirley M. Thompson was born in Pasadena Ca., and was inspired to a nursing career by a sister in the field. Trained in Pasadena Hospital Nursing School (later Huntington Memorial). During WWII trained the Cadet Nurses Corps and later got a certificate of recognition for said work. Worked in private doctor's office, taught nursing, and got degrees (BA and MA) at Western Reserve U. Became Superintendent of Nursing at Doernbecher Children's Memorial Hospital (1944). President of the Oregon Nurses Assoc. (1946). Two terms at Gov. nomination to Oregon State Bd. of Nursing (1948-53). 1st Pres. of Oregon League of Nursing (1952), and Pres. of OSBN (1953-56).

During her years at DCH she eased visiting restrictions and established a unit for pre-mature infants (1950). Later in the '50s she helped in planning the teaching hospital (aka Medical School Hospital) on the Hospital Construction Committee, later becoming its superintendent of nursing.

She did much committee work for both the ANA and the ONA. As chair of the ONA Legislative Committee in the early '60s she helped legislation for collective bargaining for nurses get passed in 1961. She left UOMS in 1967 to take up a similar position at Long Beach Memorial Hospital in California.

Extent

0.10 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The papers of the Oregon Nurses Association Legislative Committee under the leadership of Shirley M.Thompson have been added to the Archival collection. They show the process by which a landmark piece of legislation got passed in Oregon and the US Congress.

Related Archival Materials

Collections concerned with the legislative process include 2004-020 UOMS Legislative Appropriations Records 1913-1919; and the 2005-002 School of Nursing Records.