Bridge honors sisters who served in WWII A bridge on Henrytown Road has been renamed to honor a pair of sisters who volunteered as nurses in World War II, with one of them among the American personnel taken prisoner during … Continue reading →
Julia Marie Zecchini Born 8 October 1915, Newcomb, Tennessee Died 8 October 1944, Shelby County, Tennessee Lieutenant jg, Nurse, US. Navy Julia Zecchini died at the U.S. Naval Hospital Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee of sodium fluoride poisoning. She was the … Continue reading →
Local Nurses Going Over Sea Chattanooga Furnishes Goodly Number of Graduates for War Work One Is now in France Applicants Well Qualified and No Reason Why They Should Not Be Accepted If the graduate nurses from the different hospitals in … Continue reading →
Baroness Williams of Crosby, daughter of World War I British nurse Vera Brittain, wrote a historical essay about the effects of military service for nurses in World War I. The article is available on-line at the BBC News Magazine’s Web … Continue reading →
The article linked below relates specifically to women from Davidson County, but the information about home life, nursing service, and Red Cross activities is relevant for nurses from any region in the state. Click here to read the article, “Davidson … Continue reading →
Three daughters of John Solomon and Martha Caledonia (née Smallwood) Jenkins, of Cocke County, Tennessee, graduated from KGH School of Nursing: Janie Univieve, Class of 1925; Ressa, Class of 1927; and Geneva Elizabeth, Class of 1930. Ressa and Geneva became … Continue reading →
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