Mau, Emma Louise

Fairview Sanitorium, 637 North Sixth Avenue.
Sloan, Richard E. History of Arizona. Phoenix, Record Pub. Co., 1930, volume 4 (Arizona biography), pages 316, 317 [portrait].

Excerpt from "Arizona Women in Medicine." Arizona Capitol Times, November 10, 2017: …Among them was Emma Louise Mau who founded the Fairview Sanitarium at 637 N. Sixth Ave. on January 6, 1926. Emma Louise Mau was born and attended public schools in Young America, Minnesota. She graduated as a registered nurse from Luther Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1907, and practiced nursing in Colorado and Illinois before bringing her mother to Tucson in 1911 to cure her respiratory problems. Her mother quickly recovered and returned to Minnesota, but Mau stayed on to practice nursing in Tucson. She opened the Fairview Sanitarium. Under her capable management, the sanitarium was an immediate success. Patients benefited from her excellent care and the attractive grounds and homelike atmosphere she created. Mau also was praised in local newspapers for her charity work with the Sisters of St. Mary’s Hospital and the Baptist Church. Frequently, she wrote professional articles on subjects of diet and health. [Research courtesy of Jane Eppinga.]

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AMH-PN2337
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Tucson