Margaretha Jenssen
Margaretha Karin Jenssen is a nurse for the Milwaukee Health Department’s Child Welfare division. The Fond du Lac native began her nursing career at St. Agnes Hospital, but took private positions to care for sick children from prominent families when she moved to Milwaukee. As her reputation as a nurse and health educator grew, she was recruited for the Visiting Nurse Association and became one of the first registered and licensed nurses in the state in 1911.
