Frances Thielbar
Frances Thielbar | |
|---|---|
 Thielbar, from the 1929 yearbook of Wellesley College | |
| Born | July 10, 1907 River Forest, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 21, 1962 (age 54) Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupations | Nurse, nursing educator |
Frances Charlotte Thielbar (July 10, 1907 – March 21, 1962) was an American nurse and nurse educator. She taught at Butler Hospital from 1932 to 1942, was a professor at the University of Chicago from 1942 to 1960, and was active in national bodies for nursing education and nursing research, and "one of the country's leading nursing educators".[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Thielbar was born in River Forest, Illinois, the daughter of Frederick John Thielbar and Dorothea T. Burgess Thielbar. Her father was an architect.[2] She graduated from Wellesley College in 1929. She earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from Yale University in 1932, and a master's degree in nursing education from the University of Chicago in 1938. She completed doctoral studies at the University of Chicago in 1951.[3][4]
Career
[edit]In the 1930s, Thielbar taught and supervised psychiatric nursing courses at Butler Hospital in Rhode Island.[5] She was a nursing educator and associate professor at the University of Chicago from 1942 to 1960.[4] In her last two years she was head of the graduate division of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.[6][7]
Thielbar was active in leadership of the National League of Nursing Education[8] and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing.[9] She served on the board of directors of the journals American Journal of Nursing and Nursing Research. She was a member of the Rhode Island State Board of Nurse Examiners and director of the Rhode Island League of Nursing Education.[3]
Publications
[edit]Personal life
[edit]Thielbar died in Philadelphia in 1962, at the age of 54, from heart trouble.[1][3][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Dr. Frances C. Thielbar, 54; Leader in Nursing Education". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). 1962-03-24. p. 42. Retrieved 2026-07-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "F. J. Thielbar, Architect Here 49 Years, Dies; Ill Two Months in Hospital He Designed". Chicago Tribune. 1941-11-16. p. 16. Retrieved 2026-07-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 "Dr. Frances Thielbar, 54, Dies; Pennsylvania Nursing Educator". The New York Times. 1962-03-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- 1 2 3 "Dr. F. Thielbar, Penn Aide, Dies". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1962-03-23. p. 27. Retrieved 2026-07-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "National League of Nursing Will Open Convention". The Times-Picayune. 1939-04-24. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-07-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Brief History: School of Nursing". University Archives and Records Center. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ "Nursing Programs Approved by Educational Council" University of Pennsylvania Almanac (December 1960): 3.
- ↑ "Nurses Re-elect Major Officers; Ruth Sleeper Again President of League -- Allied Society of Students Is Formed". The New York Times. 1953-06-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ "College of Nursing". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1949-04-20. p. 17. Retrieved 2026-07-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Thielbar, Frances C. 'Ward Teaching in a Mental Hospital" AJN, American Journal of Nursing, vol. 34, no. 7, July 1934, pp. 710–16.
- ↑ Thielbar, Frances. "Sedatives and Nursing Care" AJN, American Journal of Nursing 35(3)(March 1935): 229–32.
- ↑ Thielbar, Frances. "Nursing School Catalogs Analyzed" AJN, American Journal of Nursing 39(4)(April 1939): 405–13.
- ↑ Thielbar, F. C. (January 1949). "Research in psychiatric nursing". Mental Hygiene. 33 (1): 115–122. ISSN 0025-9683. PMID 18108347.
- ↑ Thielbar, Frances C. (1951). Administrative Organization of Collegiate Schools of Nursing. Department of Education, University of Chicago.
- ↑ Thielbar, Frances. "Administrative Organization Of Collegiate Schools Of Nursing" Nursing Research, vol. 2, no. 2, Oct. 1953, pp. 52–78.
- ↑ University of Chicago (1956). Nursing Administration Cases. Chicago.
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