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Lavinia Dock, third from left, holding a "Votes for Women" staff, 1913.
Credit: Library of Congress
A pioneer in nursing education, Lavinia Lloyd Dock wrote a four-volume history of nursing and a nurse's manual of drugs that was widely used for many years. After her retirement, Dock became an active suffragist, and in 1917 was jailed for picketing outside the White House.