Ida Turcan oral history interview, 1997.

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Ida Turcan oral history interview, 1997.

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The interview details early to mid-twentieth century life in south Louisiana, and describes extensively one woman's experience as an armed services nurse overseas during World War II. Considerable detail is also given to Turcan's nursing experience during Hurricane Audrey, which hit Southwest Louisiana in 1957. Finally, Turcan speaks to the nature of contemporary military life, particularly on women's roles and scandals involving women in the military.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 45 minutes);Transcript (85 p.).

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7158188

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Turcan, Ida, 1918-

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Ida Turcan was born Ida Dicks in Mandeville, La. in 1918. She graduated from Touro Infirmary Nursing School in New Orleans in 1939 and entered the Army Nurse Corps the same year. Turcan served as an army nurse in North Africa and Italy during World War II, and returned to Louisiana in 1945. In 1957, she received a bachelor's degree in nursing education through the GI Bill. She also met her husband in 1957 in Baton Rouge, La., and they married in 1958. They lived in Arizona, Missouri, and Georgia...

United States. Army Nurse Corps

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The Army Nurse Corps was established on Feb 2, 1901. From the description of Records, 1951-1961 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007188 ...

Foster, Adele,

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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

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The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established in August 1991 to document the history of Louisiana State University. A department of LSU Libraries Special Collections, the Center conducts, collects, preserves, and makes available to scholars oral history interviews on Louisiana's social, political, cultural, and economic history. From the description of T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History records, 1990-1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 22696...