Ruth Lubic, Date of Birth

    

Ruth Lubic

American nurse midwife

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1927

Profession: midwife, nurse

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Ruth Lubic

  • Ruth Watson Lubic, CNM, EdD, FAAN, FACNM, (born January 18, 1927) is an American nurse-midwife and applied anthropologist who pioneered the role of nurse-midwives as primary care providers for women, particularly in maternity care.
  • Lubic is considered to be one of the leaders of the nurse-midwifery movement in the United States. Lubic holds an RN diploma (1955) from Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, a certificate in nurse-midwifery (1962) from the Maternity Center Association (MCA), and a BS in nursing (1959), MA in medical/surgical nursing (1961), and EdD in Applied Anthropology (1979) from Teachers College, Columbia University.
  • Lubic has also been awarded honorary doctorates from six universities.Lubic co-founded two legally sanctioned, freestanding birth centers in New York City: the Childbearing Center (1975), which served middle-class families of Upper East Side Manhattan, and the Morris Heights Childbearing Center (1988), which served the lower-income families of the South Bronx.
  • By focusing on providing safe and family-centered maternity care, education, and services, these birth centers served as effective alternatives to institutionalized obstetric care.
  • In 1993, Lubic became the first nurse to receive the MacArthur Fellowship, the “Genius Grant,” which included a $375,000 prize.
  • Lubic utilized the $375,000 grant to found her third birth center, the Family Health and Birth Center in the collaborative of the Developing Families Center in Washington, D.C.
  • (2000), where the maternal and infant mortality rates were the highest in the United States.
  • The Family Health and Birth Center has had a significant impact in Washington, D.C., as demonstrated by the decreased rates of cesarean sections, preterm births, and low birth weight newborns when compared to those of the city's.
  • The center has also saved the city's health care system an estimated cost of over $1 million each year.Lubic has been widely recognized for her work as a nurse-midwife.
  • She was the 1983 recipient of the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award from the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the 2001 recipient of the Gustav O.
  • Lienhard Award from the National Academy of Medicine, and one of the 2001 Living Legend honorees from the American Academy of Nursing.
  • She is currently Founder and President Emerita of the Developing Families Center and Founder of the Family Health and Birth Center.

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