This is a study on the life of Waleska Paixão done in order to view her utmost significant contribution to nursing in Brazil and to launch a first look over the complexity of the historical issues of her life during her lifetime. The primary sources came from documents of the Centro de Documentação of Escola Anna Nery at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Waleska Paixão's verbal report archived at the institution. The results, as seen by the study, show that the life path of the protagonist was outstanding, concerning primarily the progress of the profession and the utmost ethos of the nurses' profile, educational leaders in the construction of teaching, nursing and the building of nursing brazilian.
Nursing History; Biography; Legislation, Nursing