Shirley Carew Titus (April 28, 1892 – March 21, 1967) was a nurse educator at the

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(MA, 1930) and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Titus was the executive director of the California Nurses' Association from 1942 until 1956. She successfully advocated for and achieved the first

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for nurses. In 1982, Titus was inducted into the

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. She died on March 21,1967.

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