On This Day In Alabama History: Nurse And Educator Ida Vines Was Married

By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200

June 29, 1929: Nurse and educator Ida Vines married Howard D. Moffett. Ida Vines Moffett was a pioneer of nursing practice and education in the state and lifelong advocate for compassionate care. She organized Alabama’s first Cadet Nurse Corps and was instrumental in the founding of nursing schools at Samford University, Tuskegee University, the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She served on the Alabama State Board of Nurses’ Examiners and Registration and the United States Surgeon General’s Consulting Group on Nursing. Moffett is a member of the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame and the Alabama Health Care Hall of Fame.

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