Women of The Spanish American War
1898
Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee
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Born: 1864
Died: 1940
During the Spanish American War Dr. Anita Newcomb worked to gain
rights for women as Nurses during the war. She fought to gain rank
for the numerous women who were Nurses during this time. Problems
during this time were that they did not have equal pay, they did not
maitain a military status or held no rank, and they received no
benefits such as the male soilders did. She drafted a legistlation
to begin the process of giving these nurses some type of military
status. In 1898 she became the first Army surgeon, and was assigned
to train all the nurses who participated in the war. After the war
she also organized the Army Nurse Corps, and served as it first
director.
Nurse Clara Mass
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Born:Unknown
Died:Unknown
After the Spanish American War Nurse Mass volunteered to participate
in a medical experiment dealing with the yellow fever. She allowed
herself to be bitten by an infected mosquito in order to test the
treatment theories that were being experimented on at that time.
As a result she died from the Yellow fever, after having survived
the war. She was honored for her bravery with an issued US Postal
stamp in 1976.
Ellen May Tower
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Born: Unknown, Byron, Michigan
Died: Unknown
Nurse Tower was the first US Army Nurse to die on foreign soil in
Puerto Rico. She was inflicted with the Typhoid Fever, and became
the first woman to receive a military funeral in Michigan.
Also read this wonderful oral presentation given by Cynthia Salvage
about the Female Buffalo Soilder.
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