Photos and Letters of Brattleboro’s WWI Nurse Marion McCune Rice 7/2/21

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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