Betty Gross
Betty Gross was born on October 24, 1914, in Rock Island, Illinois. She was one of seven children born to a homemaker mother and a father who worked as a plasterer. She graduated from Canton High School in Canton, Illinois, in 1933. Following graduation, Gross followed her older sister Catherine, who worked in Chicago's Provident Hospital, into the nursing profession.
From 1940 until 1942, Gross worked as staff nurse at Provident Hospital. In 1942, she took a break to continue her education at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She received her degree from Howard University in sociology with a minor in psychology in 1946. In 1951, she received her B.S. in nursing from Loyola University and in 1957, earned an M.S. from DePaul University.
For thirty-one years at Provident Hospital, she worked her way up from staff nurse to the director of Nursing and Nursing Education. During her long career, Gross helped establish two allergy clinics, one at Provident and the other at Howard University's Freedmen Hospital. In 1977, she left Provident and became a lecturer at Chicago State University.
Gross served eight years as a member of the Illinois Nurses Association Board of Directors. She has been a member of Zonta International since 1968, and a member of the Alpha Gamma Pi Honorary Sorority since 1964. Gross passed away in 2005.
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Nursing education administrator and nurse Betty Gross (1914 - 2005 ) was the former director of the Provident Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago, Illinois. During her long career, Gross helped establish two allergy clinics, one at Provident and the other at Howard University's Freedmen Hospital. In 1977, she left Provident and became a lecturer at Chicago State University.
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Tape: 1 Story: 7 - Betty Gross remembers her childhood home and community, part 1
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Tape: 1 Story: 9 - Betty Gross recalls past school teachers
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Tape: 1 Story: 11 - Betty Gross tells of Provident Hospital's history
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Tape: 2 Story: 1 - Betty Gross talks about her transition from Provident Hospital to Howard University
Tape: 2 Story: 2 - Betty Gross explains meeting and marrying her husband
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Tape: 2 Story: 4 - Betty Gross details her successes as Director of Nursing at Provident Hospital
Tape: 2 Story: 5 - Betty Gross shares her encounters with racism in the medical field
Tape: 2 Story: 6 - Betty Gross describes the support she received from the employees of Provident Hospital
Tape: 2 Story: 7 - Betty Gross explains Provident Hospital's significance in the black community
Tape: 2 Story: 8 - Betty Gross remembers members of the Provident Hospital Nursing School Committee
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Tape: 3 Story: 3 - Betty Gross remembers physicians from Provident Hospital, part 1
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Tape: 3 Story: 7 - Betty Gross talks about Provident Hospital's emergency room
Tape: 3 Story: 8 - Betty Gross comments on the current state of the medical industry
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Tape: 4 Story: 2 - Betty Gross remembers a compliment from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
Tape: 4 Story: 3 - Betty Gross shares thoughts on integrated and segregated hospitals
Tape: 4 Story: 4 - Betty Gross explains how she was a trendsetter in the nursing field
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