scholarly journals Gertrude Stanton (1863-1931)

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
Viktoria Davis ◽  
Lilien Vogl
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Financial Success ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Reputation ◽  
Service Projects ◽  
Business Acumen ◽  
Set Up

Dr. Ella Gertrude Smith Ayer Stanton Jones (1863-1931), better known as Gertrude Stanton, was the first woman licensed to practice optometry in the United States. A native of Iowa, Stanton began her career as a teacher, but eventually moved to Minnesota where she received training and began to work as an itinerant refracting optician or optometrist, building her professional reputation through clever marketing. In 1901, shortly after the passage of the first optometry licensure law in Minnesota, Stanton applied for and received a license by exemption. Stanton went on to become an in-store optometrist at Dayton’s Department Store and eventually set up her own storefront where she employed her daughter and ran an optical business run entirely by women. During her career, she participated in optometry and professional associations and public service projects and was active in her community. Thrice married with three children, Stanton’s abiding popularity with her patients and the public as well as her financial success despite leading an unconventional life for a woman at the turn of the twentieth century is a testament to her fierce independence, indomitable spirit and impressive business acumen. This article, constructed from meticulous research in archival records, paints a detailed portrait of Stanton’s life and career as an optometric pioneer.

scholarly journals Public Employment, Collective Bargaining and the Conventional Wisdom : Canada and U.S.A.

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-435
Author(s):  
W. B. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Public Employment ◽  
The Public ◽  
State Of Affairs

The author states that the conventional wisdom has viewed collective bargaining in the public service as unnecessary, impractical and illegal. And he adds that, in general, and until recently, the prevailing practices in the United States and Canada have been in close harmony with the conventional wisdom. But the restless change of events threatens the existing state of affairs, described by the conventional wisdom, with progressive obsolescence. And the author answers the two following questions: Can the industrial relations system of the private sector be applied to public employment? To what extent does the nature of government employment raise unique problems? The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. J.K. GALBRAITH, « The Affluent Society »

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-354
Author(s):  
PAUL B. MAGNUSON
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
American People ◽  
White House ◽  
The Public ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Presidential Commission ◽  
The People ◽  
Set Up

When I received your kind invitation to give the annual Trimble lecture, I wrote Dr. Compton that I had several pretty sound medical papers worked up on the causes of pain in the lower back—I've been working in that field for more than 40 years—but that the ladies might be much more interested in some information on the President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation. So, in deference to the ladies, I am going to talk about the latter topic. Last November, without a word of warning I got a call from the White House that the President of the United States wanted to see me. I took the train from Chicago that night, and the next morning met with the President. The President laid the cards right on the table. He said he was deeply concerned with the health of the American people in these trying days of all-out-mobilization. He said he had made certain proposals to bring more and better medical care to the people, but these proposals had precipitated an emotional argument which clouded the issue. The President said he was not necessarily committed to any one plan—if any group could come up with a better series of proposals than the ones he advocated, he would be the first to support them if they would insure better health for all the people. For that reason, he said, he had decided after long deliberation to set up a Presidential Commission to get at the facts. He offered me the chairmanship, and promised me an absolutely free hand in choosing the members of the Commission.

Reflections on the Life and Legacy of Donald C. Stone

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Howard Rosen ◽  
Winifred J. Weizer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Marshall Plan ◽  
Global Society ◽  
The Impact

Donald C. Stone, the founder of the American Public Works Association, died in 1995 at the age of 92. Professor Stone's life was a deliberate mix of public administration theory and public service practice. He is best known for his contributions to the implementation of the Marshall Plan, the organization of the executive office of the President of the United States, and the establishment of action-oriented professional associations serving a global society. This article is a reflection on the life and times of Donald Stone. It is also a call for historians to critically assess the impact of Stone and his colleagues on public works and public administration history, theory, and practice.

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