Lystra Gretter

Born Lystra Eggert, in Bayfield, Canada West (today Ontario), her father was a Swiss doctor and her mother was Canadian of Dutch descent.

[1] She attended grade school in the Bayfield area until 1866, when her family moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

Following graduation, she was given the position of Principal of the Farrand Training School for Nurses located in Detroit, Michigan, at Harper Hospital.

With Gretter putting effort into training, it was one of the main reasons that Michigan became the second state in the nation to require a nursing certification.

In 2004, Lystra Gretter was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame for her efforts to promote nursing as a profession during the 19th and 20th centuries.