Which of the following nurses fought to have American nursing controlled by nurses rather than physicians?

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Lavinia Dock was a political activist who waged a campaign for legislation to allow nurses to control the nursing profession. Florence Nightingale was the first nurse to exert political pressure on a government. Clara Barton was responsible for organizing relief efforts during the U.S. Civil War. Lillian Wald was the driving force behind the federal government's development of the Children's Bureau in 1912.

Which of the Following Nurses Fought to Have American Nursing