Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"She retired from the position of school nurse in 1928, when a professional nursing graduate was hired at her insistence."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Her branch of nursing in the program was surgical nursing. When she earned her nursing cap she took on a few nursing jobs over a four-year period."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"… "Willburn Haskell in (illegible)" "Mary Burke (nurse & [illegible] in Africa) on right standard. Billy Burke's girl." "Jerome at bottom" "Clifford…"

Maine and the Civil War - Legendary Participation

"… heroines, a huge per capita participation rate, nurses, and homefront activities, as well as post-war remembrances."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… to open a hospital in 1932 while working as a nurse in a nursing home. She witnessed women giving birth in their homes or in “maternity hospitals.”…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"… dad James would get a taxi from the Van Buren nursing home and stop here (Carroll’s Auto Sales) to get money from Skippy to pay for the taxi."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"nurse, school nurse, editor, sales administrator, event planner and regulatory affairs specialist. Other interests are just as varied: conservation…"

Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… Martha Ballard and great-grandfather of civil war nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton) and Benjamin Vaughan."

Life on a Tidal River - Doughty Students

"… how to correctly shoot three dimensional objects. X A student prepares to shoot a photo of a nurse's uniform from the '40's. X"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"1948Surry Historical Society A school nurse, Miss Dunphy, came around periodically during the 1930s and 1940s, checking the general health and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"Workman was a nurse and the first owner of the Workman’s Hospital that was built in 1932. The first Workman’s hospital was actually in the upstairs…"

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… terms, she was simultaneously a midwife, nurse, physician, mortician, pharmacist, and attentive wife."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… realized how much of a help the doctors and nurses at the hospital could be to them and their community."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Some elders where rushed out of nursing homes without power, and moved to shelters where there was power."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"But then when the war came along she was a nurse. She became a first maid inspector- do you want to hear a story about that? I was in the service and…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"Zilpah devoted herself to nursing her sister and, with Stephen, watched by her bedside. Other notable residents: Henry Wadsworth (1785-1804) was a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"My mom is a nursing student, works, and takes care of my littler sister. At the moment my sister is having very bad medical issues, so she is always…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Doris Clark was Bell’s nurse for 18 years. In 1937, the hospital closed, and Dr. Bell began working at the first Franklin Memorial Hospital building…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… Savage worked as a nurse’s aid and children’s nurse for almost 10 years at North Shore Baby Hospital in Salem, Massachusetts and Massachusetts…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"Nurse with child patient at St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ca. 1960St. Joseph Healthcare The first major project St."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Charlotte and her husband moved to Napa California so she could to work as a nurse near her father who was also in California at this time."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… school system begged the town to hire a School Nurse and Doctor to help keep the school population healthy."