Gilberte Abu Jaudeh: A pioneer nurse in the field of public health

Abstract

As a student at the St. Famille Secondary School in Beirut, Gilberte Abu Jaudeh won distinction in her science courses. During laboratory hours, she used to dream of studying medicine. Her teachers, who remarked on her scientific bent, told her that the Board of the French Hospital «Hotel Dieu» was badly in need of a Lebanese trained nurse who would specialize in teaching nursing at the French Nursing School.