![SISTER MARY BERNARD (1877)](https://modernfertilitylaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MFL_15Women_004_SisterMaryBernard-1-1024x1024.jpg)
First officially recognized nurse anesthetist, working at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. Her work began more than three decades before the first school of nurse anesthesia formed in 1909. #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD2024 #WomensHistory #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay