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Photos and Letters of Brattleboro's WWI Nurse Marion McCune Rice 7/2/21
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BORN IN BRATTLEBORO IN 1882, MARION McCUNE RICE, GRADUATED FROM BRATTLEBORO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1900. AFTER GRADUATING FROM SMITH
COLLEGE, SHE WENT ON TO ATTEND NURSING SCHOOL IN PHILADELPHIA, PA.
THE INTERESTING STORY OF HOW MISS RICE JOINED THE RED CROSS AS A VOLUNTEER NURSE AND TRAVELED TO FRANCE TO WORK IN HOSPITALS
DURING WORLD WAR I TO CARE FOR THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS THERE, CAN BE READ IN AN ARTICLE BY THE BRATTLEBORO HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THE BRATTLEBORO REFORMER, PUBLISED ON MARCH 1, 2019.
https//www.reformer.com/local-news/brattleboro-nurse=becomes-wwi-hero/article
THIS VIDEO FEAUTURES THE PHOTOS MARION McCUNE RICE TOOK DURING HER WORK AS A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER NURSE IN FRANCE DRING
WORLD WAR I. THE EXHIBIT IS CURRENT ON VIEW AT 118 ELLIOT GALLERY, IN BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2021.
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