United States. Navy Nurse Corps
Variant namesThe Navy Nurse Corps was authorized by Congress on 13 May 1908 after several years of legislative effort by Navy officials. Patterened after the Army Nurse Corps, the Navy Nurse Corps consisted of a Superintendent in charge of 20 nurses. By the eve of American entry into World War I, they numbered 446. After rising to a wartime high of 1,386, their number was reduced to about 500 by 1928. In 1939, the Naval Reserve Act authorized the recruitment of women into the Reserve Nurse Coprs. More than 11,000 Navy Nurses served in the U.S. and combat areas during World War II. The size of the Nurse Corps was reduced following World War II, growing to more than 3,000 during the Korean War and expanding again in the Vietnam era.
From the description of Records, 1881-1983. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 54453751
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referencedIn | Lovell, Carolyn G., 1921-1993. Papers and photographs, 1940-1946. | Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center | |
referencedIn | Mary H. Staats letters 1944-1947 1944-1946 Staats, Mary H. letters | William L. Clements Library | |
referencedIn | Kyrios, Helen. Helen Kyrios collection, 1883-1979. | Boston University. School of Medicine | |
referencedIn | Lovetta R. Blanke Collection, 1936-2012 | Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives | |
referencedIn | Brown, Evelyn, 1942-. Oral history interview with Evelyn Brown, 2007 October 30. | University of North Texas Library, UNT | |
referencedIn | Whyte, Edna Gardner. Oral history interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, 1979 February 8. | University of North Texas Library, UNT | |
referencedIn | Leonhardt, Elisabeth. Papers, 1909-1926. | Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center | |
creatorOf | United States. Navy Nurse Corps. Records, 1881-1983. | Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center | |
referencedIn | Cannon, Emma Colebourn. Papers, 1893-1922. | Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center | |
referencedIn | Monahan, Evelyn. Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee papers, circa 1914-2011. | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
referencedIn | Harris, Harriet A., 1882-. Papers, 1918-1958. | Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center |
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associatedWith | Blanke, Lovetta Ruth Dixon, 1919-2012 | person |
associatedWith | Bowman, Josephine B. | person |
associatedWith | Brown, Evelyn, 1942- | person |
associatedWith | Cannon, Emma Colebourn. | person |
associatedWith | Feeny, Elizabeth. | person |
associatedWith | Harris, Harriet A., 1882- | person |
associatedWith | Knowles, Marie B. | person |
associatedWith | Kyrios, Helen. | person |
associatedWith | Leonhardt, Elisabeth. | person |
associatedWith | Lovell, Carolyn G., 1921-1993. | person |
associatedWith | Monahan, Evelyn. | person |
associatedWith | Novack, H. Allan | person |
associatedWith | United States. Navy | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Whyte, Edna Gardner. | person |
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Active 1881
Active 1983