Badge, Membership
Object number2017.113.19
Date1947
MediumMetal; Enamel; Brass; Fabric; Paper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Shadyside Hospital Foundation, UPMC Shadyside
DescriptionCircular membership button attached to paper card with purple ribbon. Front of button is blue enamel with silver enamel decoration including globe at center surmounted by organizational acronym; around perimeter are two laurel branches with city name at top and year at bottom. Button reverse is gray metal with brass pinback. Lavender/lilac ribbon connects button pinback to light tan paper card. Front of paper card has printed blue text and black typed text with event and bearer information.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 2.438 x 2.5 x 0.313 in. (6.2 x 6.4 x 0.8 cm)InscriptionsFront of button has silver enamel text at top “ATLANTIC CITY”, at center “I.C.N.”, and at bottom “1947”.
Front of card has printed blue and typed black text “CONGRESS OF THE / INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL / OF NURSES / Atlantic City – 1947 / NAME MIRIAM MILLER / COUNTRY PITTSBURGH PA / POSITION PRIVATE DUTY”.
Historical NotesCongress of the International Council of Nurses badge. This badge was from the 1947 meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It belonged to Miriam Charlotte Miller, a 1923 graduate of the Shadyside Hospital Nursing School. Miller was an active member of the Alumnae Association from 1923 until at least 1955. Homeopathic Hospital, a 38-bed hospital was established in 1866 on the Boulevard of the Allies and Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh. The hospital moved to a site just in front of its present location in 1910. By 1938, homeopathic medicine had fallen out of favor and the hospital changed its name to Shadyside Hospital. The present building was erected in 1972, and it became part of UPMC in 1997.
Previous owner
Miriam Charlotte Miller
Related institution
International Council of Nurses
Related institution
Shadyside Hospital
Related institution
Shadyside Hospital Nursing School
Related institution
Homeopathic Hospital
(1866 - 1938)
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