[Interview of Lena Hitchcock on her pioneering service as an occupational therapist in the U.S. Army during WWI].

In an oral history interview, 93 year-old Lena Hitchcock talks about her pioneering service as an occupational therapist in the U.S. Army during World War I. She says that she was one of the first of her profession to join the Army and was in the first group of women sent to France to establish phys...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Vincent Voice Library (digitizer.)
University of Texas at San Antonio. Libraries (current owner.)
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Other Authors: Hitchcock, Lena (Interviewee)
Piatt, Jane, 1909-1997 (Interviewer)
Wiskemann, Geneva K. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Hitchcock, Lena > Interviews.
United States. > Army > Medical personnel > Interviews.
United States. > Army > Military life.
Hitchcock, Lena > Knowledge and learning.
United States. > Army.
Occupational therapists > Interviews.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > Interviews.
Women veterans > Interviews.
World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Female.
Physical therapy.
Physical therapy > History.
World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care > France.
Hospitals > Rehabilitation services > France.
Occupational therapy > Vocational guidance.
Armed Forces > Medical personnel.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Hospitals > Rehabilitation services.
Learning and scholarship.
Medical care.
Military participation > Female.
Occupational therapists.
Veterans.
Women veterans.
France.
1914-1918
Oral histories.
History.
Interviews.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
History.
Personal narratives
American.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 33 min., 19 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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