'''Shirley Carew Titus''' (April 28, 1892 – March 21, 1967) was a nurse educator at the [[University of Michigan]] (MA, 1930) and [[Vanderbilt University School of Nursing]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journalweb|date=2007-01-01|title=Titus, Shirley Carew (1892–1967)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2588823410.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911060428/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2588823410.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-09-11}}</ref> Titus was the executive director of the [[California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee|California Nurses' Association]] from 1942 until 1956.<ref name=":0" /> She successfully advocated for and achieved the first [[collective bargaining]] for nurses.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/AboutANA/Honoring-Nurses/NationalAwardsProgram/HallofFame/19761982/ShirleyCarewTitus.html|title=Shirley Carew Titus (1892-1967) 1982 Inductee|website=www.nursingworld.org|access-date=2016-07-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003132921/http://www.nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/AboutANA/Honoring-Nurses/NationalAwardsProgram/HallofFame/19761982/ShirleyCarewTitus.html|archive-date=2016-10-03}}</ref> In 1982, Titus was inducted into the [[American Nurses Association]] [[American Nurses Association Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]].<ref name=":1" /> She died on March 21,1967.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 22, 1967 |title=Shirley Titus, Nurse Leader |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60201718/shirley-titus-nurse-leader/ |newspaper=[[San Francisco Examiner]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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