Background
MAGALHÂES FRAENKEL, Edith de was born on May 9, 1889 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
MAGALHÂES FRAENKEL, Edith de was born on May 9, 1889 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Educated 8 years in Bremen (Germany), 3 years in Stockholm (Sweden), 6 years in Salto (Uruguay), 5 years in Rio de Janeiro, 4 years in Philadelphia (United States of America).
Director, division of public health nursing, 1929-1931. Superintendent, nursing service, national department, of health, 1932-1941. Director, school of nursing attached to medical. school, University de Sâo Paulo, since 1942.
Founder (in 1934) and president, Serviço de Obras Sociais, Rio de Janeiro.
Member: Brazilian and American nursing associations, Federaçâo Brasileira pelo Progresso Feminino (Rio de Janeiro), Uniâo Universitaria Feminina (Sâo Paulo).