[Interview of Estelle M. Davis on her service as a Red Cross nurse during WWI].

Estelle M. Davis explains why she enlisted as a Red Cross nurse during World War One and describes her experiences. She reminisces about being a public health nurse in Jersey City, her family's reaction to her enlistment, and being shipped across the Atlantic to Calais with 350 fellow nurses. Davis...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: Davis, Estelle M. (Interviewee)
Collet, Lois (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Davis, Estelle M. > Interviews.
American National Red Cross > Interviews.
Davis, Estelle M. > Family.
American National Red Cross.
Nurses > Interviews.
World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Female.
World War, 1914-1918 > Hospitals > France > Verdun.
World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care.
Military nursing > France > Verdun.
Nursing > New Jersey > Jersey City.
Families.
Hospitals.
Medical care.
Military nursing.
Military participation > Female.
Nurses.
Nursing.
France > Verdun.
New Jersey > Jersey City.
1914-1918
Oral histories.
Interviews.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives
American.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (22 min., 5 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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