Erna von Abendroth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erna von Abendroth

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1887

Place of Birth: Ostritz, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1959

Profession: nurse

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Erna von Abendroth (4 February 1887 - 26 February 1959) was a pioneering German nurse and trainer/teacher.
After the First World War she became the first German nurse to receive a PhD degree in return for a dissertation with a nursing theme.
After the Second World War, starting in May 1946 she took charge of the reconstruction of the "Werner" Red Cross Nursing Academy at Göttingen.