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Unknown, 1862- Dorothea Dix, Appointed Superintendent of Army Nurses, Library of Congress, Unknown

A noted social reformer, Dix became the Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses during the Civil War. The soft spoken yet autocratic crusader had…

Tags: Civil War, Dorothea Dix, Military, Nursing, Superintendent, Women

Wikimedia Commons, Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross, Unknown

The Florence Nightingale Medal is a bi-annual award given out by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It is the highest international…

Tags: Award, International, Medicine, Nursing, Women

WV Broadcasting, Colonel Ruby Bradley - US Army Nurse, WV Broadcasting, 1941

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Tags: Colonel Ruby Bradley, Korean War, Military Service, Nursing, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Women, World War II