Carrie May Hall, 1874-1963

Carrie May Hall was born in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1874, and graduated from the Massachusetts General Hospital School for Nurses in 1904. She worked as superintendent of the Margaret Pillsbury Hospital in Concord, N.H., until 1911, and then became principal of the school of nursing and superintendent of nurses at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

In 1917, she was sent to France as Chief Nurse of the "Harvard Unit" and was stationed at General Hospital No.11. After one year in this post, she was appointed head nurse of the American Red Cross in Great Britain, and was later transferred to the position of chief nurse of the American Red Cross in France, where she worked until six months after the Armistice in 1919. CMH was instumental in developing the organization which was utilized by future nursing staffs of the American Red Cross Commissions overseas.

After the war, CMH resumed her postion at Peter Bent Brigham, and became increasingly active in nursing education. She served on the board of the National League of Nursing Education from 1922 to 1932, and was president from 1925 to 1927. She was elected Vice President of the Community Nursing Council of Boston in 1939. She was also active in improving the financial situation of nurses and served on various committees including the Finance Committee of the National League of Nursing Education and the Harmon Association for the Advancement of Nursing.

From the guide to the Papers, 1917-1964, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)