Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee papers, circa 1914-2011.

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Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee papers, circa 1914-2011.

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The collection consists of the personal and literary papers of Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee from circa 1914 -2001. Materials include correspondence, interviews, questionnaires, photographs, subject files, and other research accumulated by Monahan and Neidel-Greenlee while writing four books about servicewomen in wartime: Albanian Escape: The True Story of U.S. Army Nurses Behind Enemy Lines (1999); All this Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese (2000); And if I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II (2003); and A Few Good Women: America's Military Women from World War I to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (2010). In addition, the collection contains a small amount of material documenting Monahan's discrimination suit against the Episcopal Church. Monahan brought the suit against the church in 1979, after she was denied admission to the priesthood because of her sexuality.

91 linear ft. (91 boxes) and 14 oversized papers (OP)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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