Many more survived, did their part for the war effort, and returned home to little or no fanfare or recognition. By Armistice Day on November 11, 1918, 21,480 nurses had enlisted and over 10,000 had served overseas….several were wounded more than 200 died in-service.” Some died from disease or accidents, and some from enemy action. shares some historical background: When the United States was drawn into World War I, “ 403 women were on active duty in the Army Nurse Corps, founded in 1901. The Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc.
Romani, 8 South Myrtle street, Milford, NH I have managed to locate photographs of all of them, and their biographies can be found later on in this story. The Massachusetts General Hospital archives state that the nurses in this hospital were later known as the “Bordeaux Belles.”Īmong these nurses were six from New Hampshire, one ( Lucy N. 6 was constructed in a school and other buildings in Bordeaux France–an area that was close to the battlefields of WWI. Washburn, MD, director of the hospital.” Base Hospital, No. 6, a medical-surgical unit of Massachusetts General physicians and nurses, was activated under the command of Col. ArmyĪccording to the Massachusetts General Hospital Museum web site: “ In May 1917, U.S. Upon arrival at Bordeaux France on July 28ġ918, Base Hospital No.
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