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VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: ANNE LARSON ZIMMERMANveteranfeminists2023-02-23T04:43:37-05:00

THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Anne Larson Zimmerman

September 1, 1914 – September 10, 2003

“Today I mostly listen to nurses’ problems, and I try to figure out how they can be more effective… I encourage young people to take responsibility, to grow and to enjoy the profession.”

Nurse. Human rights and labor activist. Director of the Economic and General Welfare Program with the American Nurses Association (ANA), 1951 – 1952. Head of Illinois Nurses Association, 1954 – 1981. Executive Director of Illinois Nurses’ Association, 1954 – 1981. President of American Nurses Association, 1976 – 1978. Taught at Loyola University in Chicago (1981-1985). Involved in numerous consulting projects, international delegations and conferences on nursing and labor. Founding member of Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice. First female president of the Conference of Medical Society Executives of Greater Chicago. 

More About Anne:

  • Obituary, Chicago Tribune 
  • Anne Zimmerman Fellowship – Illinois Nurses Foundation
  • “Honoring the Legacy of Anne Zimmerman,” by Peggy L. Chinn, August 21, 2020
  • “While I Am Here : The Life & Legacy of Anne Larson Zimmerman,” Script by Geraldine Gorman, PhD, RN. Direction by Electra Tremulis and Christian Helem. Featuring 25 nurses and nursing students. Supported by a Center for Teaching/Learning grant awarded to Dr. Gorman and Dr. Brigid Lusk, PhD, RN, FAAN. UIC Nursing 
  • Archives
    • Anne Zimmerman papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago. 
    • Loyola University, Chicago 
  • Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 505

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