{{short description|American sexologist, nurse, and author (1927–1996)}} {{infobox scientist |name=Bonnie Bullough |birth_date={{birth date|1927|1|5}} |birth_place=[[Delta, Utah]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1996|4|12|1927|1|5}} |education=[[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) |occupation={{flatlist| *Sexologist *author *nurse }} |spouse={{marriage|[[Vern Bullough]]|1947}} |children=5 |fields=[[Sexology]] }} '''Bonnie Louise (née Larsen) Bullough''' (5 January 1927 in [[Delta, Utah]] – 12 April 1996)<ref name=":2">{{cite web|last1=Collins|first1=Brett Anthony|title=Obituaries : * Bonnie Bullough; Initiated Nurse Practitioner Movement|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-20-me-60637-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=20 April 1996 |access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> was an accomplished sexologist and author, who helped to develop the first Nurse Practitioner Program in California at UCLA in 1968.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Nalick|first1=Jon|title=Bonnie Bullough dies|url=https://news.usc.edu/13225/Bonnie-Bullough-dies/|website=USC News|date=5 May 1996 |accessdate=22 February 2016}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Throughout her career, she edited or wrote 30 books as well as 112 published articles.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal|last1=Bullough|first1=Vern L.|title=In Memory of Bonnie Bullough|journal=The Journal of Sex Research|date=1996|volume=33|issue=3|pages=179–181|jstor=3813576|doi=10.1080/00224499609551832}}</ref>
== Educational involvement == Bullough finished her bachelor's degree in 1955, after working as a public health nurse in the Chicago Public Health Department while her husband, [[Vern Bullough]], completed his doctorate. Bullough received her masters in [[nursing]] from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA), in 1959, followed by a masters and Ph.D. in [[sociology]].<ref name=":1" /> After starting the first nurse practitioner program in California at UCLA,<ref name=":0" /> she went on to develop a masters program in nursing, one of the first in the United States. In 1975, she became the coordinator of graduate studies at [[California State University, Long Beach]], directing nurse practitioner education.<ref name=":1" /> She became the dean of nursing at [[University at Buffalo|SUNY-Buffalo]] in 1979, and is considered a pioneer in the [[University at Buffalo|University of Buffalo]] School of Nursing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nursing.buffalo.edu/about-us/our-history.html|title=Our History - University at Buffalo School of Nursing|website=nursing.buffalo.edu|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref>
== Awards and accomplishments == *Nurse Practitioner of the Year - 1991 *Alfred C. Kinsey Award - 1995 *Founder of [[Nurse practitioner|Nurse Practitioner]] Program at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] - 1969 *[[Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality]] Co-Founder
== Legacy == Bonnie Bullough's archives reside at the University Library at [[California State University, Northridge]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8gh9q1k/entire_text/ |title=Guide to the Bonnie Bullough Collection, 1954-2000 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=December 13, 2019 |quote=}}</ref> where an endowment in her name funds special lectures, scholarships, and collection development in sex and gender studies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.csun.edu/eNews/Summer-2014/thanks-vern-bullough |title=Thanks & Recognition: Vern Bullough |last=Elwood-Akers |first=Virginia |date=Summer 2014 |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
== Selected bibliography == * ''Poverty, Ethnic Identity, and Health Care'' - 1972 * ''Sin, Sickness and Sanity: A History of Sexual Attitudes'' - 1977 * ''Prostitution: an Illustrated Social History'' - 1978 * ''Nursing: A Historical Bibliography'' - 1981 * ''Women and Prostitution: A Social History'' - 1987 * ''Cross Dressing, Sex, and Gender'' - 1993 * ''Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia'' - 1994 * ''Nursing Issues for the Nineties and Beyond'' - 1994 * ''How I Got Into Sex'' - 1997 * ''Gender Blending'' - 1997 * ''Contraception: A Guide to Birth Control Methods'' - 1997
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