Johanna Diepeveen-Speekenbrink
Diepeveen-Speekenbrik obtained her Bachelor of Science in nursing in 1957 in the United States. When she returned to the Netherlands she wanted to start working as a nurse. But she had to do another training because the American certificate was not recobnised in the Netherlands. She worked as a nurse in several hospitals and became a nursing teacher. She became a member in the board of the the University Medical Center Utrecht (1971), this was unique for a women in that era. She contributed to several teaching methods in the Netherlands. The "Johanna Diepeveen-Speekenbrink Science Prize" is named after hir. This prize could be won by high-quality graduate nursing research.