Contributions of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in WWI

The Army Nurse Corps (ANC) was established in 1901 and was seventeen years old at the time the US entered WWI on April 16, 1917.

Army Nurse Corps Home - World War I Centennial site

Enduring rain and snow, disease and danger from bombardment, they nursed more than 320,000 American soldiers sick and wounded. They worked in base hospital ...

American Nurses in World War I - PBS

Over 22,000 professionally-trained female nurses were recruited by the American Red Cross to serve in the U.S. Army between 1917 and 1919 — and over 10,000 of ...

The Army Nurse Corps Association (ANCA) > History > 1901-1940

The following year, when the United States entered World War I, there were only 403 Army nurses on active duty. By November 1918, the number rose to 21,460 ...

Higlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps: Chronology

6 Apr 1917 The United States entered World War I. There were 403 nurses on active duty, including 170 reserve nurses who had been ordered to duty (as a result ...

Remembering Nurses' Contributions to Military Medicine

By the end of the war, about 21,000 women, or half of all women who served in the armed forces, belonged to the Army Nurse Corps. They helped ...

An Historical Timeline of Nurses and Nursing in the Military | Health.mil

During World War II, more than 11,000 women served in the Navy Nurse Corps (including active duty and Reserve). Navy nurses served on 12 hospital ...

History of the Military Nurse Corps and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

This became acutely apparent during WWI with recruitment of large numbers of civilian nurses. The force of trained Army nurses increased from ...

War Girls: California's Army nurses in World War I - VA History

Between April 6, 1917, and November 18, 1918, over 21,000 American women enlisted in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, working at home and abroad ...

Army Nurse Corps (U.S. National Park Service)

Congress established the Army Nurse Corps in 1901. Nurses were the first women in the Army and US Army General Hospital at the Presidio was the first Army ...

The History of Nurses in the United States Armed Forces

World War II saw a dramatic expansion in the role of military nurses. The Army Nurse Corps and Navy Nurse Corps grew significantly, with more ...

Army Nurse Corps: More Than 100 Years of Service to Our Nation

When the United States entered World War I in 1917, there were only 4,093 nurses on active duty. By November 1918, there were 21,460 Army nurses, with 10,000 ...

Three female Army nurses received Silver Star for WWI actions | Article

Leckrone and Robar, both Army Nurse Corps, were at Field Hospital No. 127 (or Field 127), a unit of the 32nd Division. They were also awarded ...

Short History of Military Nursing: World War I, 1914-1919

Internet Resources · American Association for the History of Nursing · Contribution os U.S. Army Nurse Corps in WWI · "Roses in No Man's Land:" ...

women on the front lines - american nurses in world war i

Colonel Elizabeth Vane and Sanders Marble, “Contributions of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in World War I” ... US-Army-Nurse-Corps-in-WWI. Page 5. 4. ACCOUNT OF ...

[Contribution of the US Army Nurse Corps to the First World War]

A number of American nurses, on an individual basis, gave their assistance to European countries as soon as war was declared, in 1914.

Women in WWI | National WWI Museum and Memorial

Thousands of women also served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and the Navy Nurse Corps. While the American Expeditionary Forces were still preparing to go ...

A New Approach to Preparing Nurses for War: The Army School of ...

Once the United States officially entered World War I on April 6, 1917, military nurses continued to witness the horrific casualties of war, compounded by ...

Honoring African American women who served in the Army Nurse ...

According to the Army Medical Department's Office of Medical History, at the onset of World War I, administrative barriers existed within the Army Nurse Corps ...

Over 200 Years of Service: The History of Women in the U.S. Military

Notably, it was during the Civil War that women began to serve as nurses on a much larger and more official scale. Approximately 3,000 women ...