Background
Reading, Sadie Ethel was born on December 16, 1915 in Louisiana, Missouri, United States. Daughter of William M. Reading and Sadie E. Vasconcellos.
Reading, Sadie Ethel was born on December 16, 1915 in Louisiana, Missouri, United States. Daughter of William M. Reading and Sadie E. Vasconcellos.
Registered Nurse, St. Luke's Hospital School Nursing, St. Louis, 1937; Bachelor of science in nursing, Vanderbilt University, 1948; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1956.
Assistant supervisor, Children's Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1937-1942;
senior staff nurse, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department, Chattanooga, 1948-1952;
supervisor public health nursing, Gibson County Health Department, Trenton, Tennessee, 1952-1955;
assistant supervisor, educational director, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department, Chattanooga, 1956-1959;
consultant public health nursing, Florida State Board Health, Jacksonville, 1959-1964;
assistant director public health nursing, Florida State Board Health, Jacksonville, 1964-1975;
public health nursing supervisor health program office, Department of Health, Tallahassee, 1975-1980. Adjunct Professor University of Michigan School Public Health, Ann Arbor, 1960-1974. District pres.Tenn. Nurses Association, 1953.
Vice president Florida Nurses Association, 1971-1972, president, 1972-1973.
1st female lobbyist Florida State Board Health, Jacksonville and Tallahassee, 1974. Member Common Cause, Hunter Museum, Friends of Chattanooga Public Library., Friends of Signal Mountain Library., Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga. Captain United States Air Force and Army Nurse Corps, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American Association of University Women, American Nurses Association (vice chair public health nursing section 1952), League of Women Voters, Daughters of the American Revolution, Florida Public Health Association (life, Meritorious Service award 1975), Women in Military Service for American (charter), United States Golf Association, American Association Retired People, Florida Sheriff's Association, Signal Mountain Golf and Country Club, Vanderbilt Alumni Association, Sigma Theta Tau.