She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: Nursing

Mother Prepares to Take Over

Source: “Mother Prepares to Take Over.” The American Journal of Nursing, Oct. 1942, pp. 1163”“1165. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3415730

October 1, 1942
Women Medics Not Eligible

Source: “Women Medics Not Eligible.” The Spokesman-Review, 14 Nov. 1942, p. 15. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/134504416/

November 14, 1942
We Are Trying To Find One Hundred Thousand Women

Source: “We Are Trying To Find One Hundred Thousand Women.” Good Housekeeping, Dec. 1942, p. 14. https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=hearth6417403_1417_006#page/15/mode/1up

December 1, 1942
Education: Nightingales Needed

U.S. nursing schools had last week signed up only 68% of their 1942-43 quota of 55,000 new students. School directors admit they have a tough job selling nursing as a career to girls. Next year will provide a bigger problem: the U.S. Public Health Service will ask the schools to round up 65,000 girls, because…

December 28, 1942
Editorials: 1943 – A Stern and Terrible Year!, A Three-Point Program for ’43, Reassurance!

Source: “Editorials: 1943 – A Stern and Terrible Year!, A Three-Point Program for ”™43, Reassurance!” The American Journal of Nursing, Jan. 1943, pp. 1”“3. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3416251?origin=JSTOR-pdf

January 1, 1943
News About Nursing

Source: “News About Nursing.” The American Journal of Nursing, Jan. 1943, pp. 94”“121. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3416288?origin=JSTOR-pdf

January 1, 1943
2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott – Served in the first aerial evacuation flight in nursing history

2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott, serving as the flight nurse during the inaugural intercontinental air evacuation mission, showcased the possibilities of air transport in January 1943. Despite being an Army nurse without prior flying experience or specific air evacuation training, Ott effectively managed the transfer of five critically ill patients from India to Washington, D.C.…

January 17, 1943
Call for Aides

Source: “Call for Aides.” Newsweek, 8 Feb. 1943, pp. 46”“48.

February 8, 1943
Calling All Nurses

Source: “Calling All Nurses.” The Independent Woman, May 1943, pp. 138”“159.

May 1, 1943