She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: Red Cross

  • Medicine: Need for Nurses

    In Manhattan, several wards of the vast new Triboro Hospital for tuberculosis have been standing empty since January””there are not enough nurses to run them. In the Midwest some hospitals have closed entire wings, although patients are clamoring for admittance””they have not enough nurses. In Washington, D.C., doctors urged pregnant women to have their babies…

  • Nursing Answers

    Source: Bolton, Frances Payne. “Nursing Answers.” The American Journal of Nursing, Feb. 1942, pp. 138”“140. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3416156?origin=JSTOR-pdf

  • TIME CAPSULE: Spring 1942 Women lend a hand

    One in four women joined a volunteer group to support the war cause. These volunteers were not solely focused on domestic safety but devoted extensive hours aiding Americans abroad. The Red Cross, boasting over three million female members, stood as one of the most prominent organizations during the 1940s. They managed blood banks, amassing five…

  • Education: Red Cross Schools

    Visitors to Washington last week who wandered into the quiet, grassy quadrangle enclosed by American Red Cross headquarters might have mistaken it for a college campus. The Red Cross was running a “war college,” complete with lecturers and students lolling on outdoor benches. Its college was the pinnacle of a vast educational system that extended…

  • 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

  • Call for Aides

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

  • Your Hospital Needs More Nurse’s Aides

    Source: Hopkins, Louise M. “Your Hospital Needs More Nurse”™s Aides.” The Reader”™s Digest, Mar. 1945, pp. 89”“90.

  • American Red Cross Nursing: Essential to Disaster Relief

    Source: Schmidt, Cheryl K. “American Red Cross Nursing: Essential To Disaster Relief.” American Journal of Nursing, vol. 104, no. 8, Aug. 2004, pp. 35”“38.