Political scientists call it the role model effect. Jennie Sweet-Cushman’s research and our work with nurses, midwives, and nurse legislators inspired our newsletter’s “See It to Be It” column.

An important part of our mission is to inspire & motivate nurses & midwives to run for elected office up & down the ballot. These nurses & midwives will do both! Their stories & backgrounds reveal pieces of their journey to public service. They began their careers at the bedside, in the operating room, in clinics and making home visits, just as most of us have.

They did it, you can too. See it, believe it, be it!