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Person
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Stern, Phyllis Noerager
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Dates of existence
1925-2014
History
Phyllis Noerager Stern was born in San Carlos, California on September 2, 1925. She earned a nursing diploma from Mount Zion Hospital, an AA nursing degree from the College of San Mateo, a BS in nursing from San Francisco State University, a Masters in Nursing from University of California (San Francisco) and a Doctorate in Nursing from UCSF. She also holds an honourary PhD from Dalhousie. She worked in California and Arizona. She came to Dalhousie and worked as a professor and Director of the School of Nursing from 1982-1987. In 1984 she founded the International Council on Women’s Health Issues and served as Councilor General until 2002. From 1983 to 2001 she was the editor-in-chief of Health Care for Women International journal. Her work focused on women’s health internationally, and she is considered an expert in classical (Glaserian) grounded theory method of research. In 2008 she was named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing. Phyllis passed away on May 4, 2014.