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Cheryl Britton papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0873
Abstract
Career nurse and avid traveler who grew up in Dedham, Iowa and Des Moines.
Dates:
1890-2003
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Des Moines BirthPlace records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0195
Abstract
The first licensed out-of-hospital birth center in Iowa, specializing in nurse-midwifery.
Dates:
1979-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Louise Liers papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0570
Abstract
World War I Army nurse from Clayton, Iowa.
Dates:
1911-1983
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Margaret Langland Johnson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0816
Abstract
Nurse who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.
Dates:
1925-1972
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Marie Schultz Meyer papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0121
Abstract
Postville, Iowa, native who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Nursing in 1940.
Dates:
1901-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Martha Eimen papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0218
Abstract
Nurse who worked for the Public Health Service and the United Nations in Italy and the Middle East, 1945-1948.
Dates:
1945-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Neta Andrews papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0586
Scope and Contents
The Neta Andrews papers date from 1919 to 1922 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers primarily provide information regarding her nursing career. The correspondence consists of her acceptance into the Red Cross and a pin that was sent with the letter of congratulations. The medical literature consists of two instructional booklets about pregnancy and effective delivery practices, and an Army hospital newsletter, The Caduceus. A photograph album that apparently belonged to classmate Kay Myer depicts candid photographs of nursing students with patients at Fort Sam Houston in 1921. It also includes photographs of Neta Andrews at her Army School of Nursing Graduation in 1921 An Army Red Cross yearbook gives details on individual army nurses in 1921 as well as photographs and information on various Army hospital bases throughout the United States in that same year. The yearbook includes information about Army bases in Fort Dodge and Des Moines, Iowa and brief descriptions of Army...
Dates:
1919-1922
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Ruth Hager Cousin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0522
Abstract
Trained as a nurse between 1917 and 1920, and worked as a school nurse in Iowa Falls and Marshalltown, Iowa from 1931 to 1965.
Dates:
1914-1985
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives