NAO Cap Collection

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It is believed that nurses' caps date to the days when women wore caps all of the time, even in their homes. Whatever their origin, nursing caps - like uniforms - are unique to each school. The caps collection in the Historical Room Collection includes donations from the alumni of nearly 100 schools of nursing.

• Adelphi University School of Nursing, Long Island, New York
• Borgess Hospital School of Nursing, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Holy Cross Central School of Nursing, South Bend, Indiana
• Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines
• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Kenosha Hospital, Kenosha, WI
• Madison General Hospital, Madison, WI
• Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
• Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing, Boston, MA