Sally Lucas Jean

Sally Lucas Jean (June 18, 1878 – July 5, 1971) was an American health educator and nurse.

Biography Sally Lucas Jean was born June 18, 1878, the youngest child of three to George and Emilie Watkins (née Selby) Jean in Towson, Maryland. Her mother was a southerner while her father had fought for the north in the American Civil War. Her father was a teacher and died when Jean was fifteen. Jean was encouraged to follow him into the teaching profession and she graduated in 1896 from Maryland State Normal School. The events interested her in a nursing career and she went on to graduate from Maryland Homoepathic Training School for Nurses in 1898.

Jean lived with her secretary and friend Dorothy Goodwin. Jean died on July 5, 1971. Her papers and publications are part of the Louise Round Wilson Special collection at the University of North Carolina.

Sally Lucas Jean, 1878-1971, health education pioneer was written by Marguerite Vollmer in 1973.