Wilkes County

County History:

Wilkes

Region:

Western

Quick Facts

People and Biographies

Notable individuals from nursing history.

Sallie Chapman Gordon Law (1805-1894): Civil War humanitarian who delivered supplies to field hospitals. Biographical sketch available online: Green, C.S. (1991). Law, Sallie Chapman Gordon. NCpedia. https://ncpedia.org/biography/law-sallie-chapman-gordon

Resources

Additional resources for further research.

Articles and Publications

Brunt, Q. (1994). Caring without politics: lessons from the first nurses of the north and south. Nursing History Review, 2, pp.119-136.
Hubbard, F.C. (1978.) Physicians, medical practice, and development of hospitals in Wilkes County, 1830-1975. Self published in Wilkes County, NC. Copy found in Appalachian Special Collection, Belk Library & Information Commons at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

Archives

Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project at UNC Greensboro
- Faith S. Hawkins Collection, WWII nurse from Wilkes County
- Edna Andrews Weston Collection, WWII nurse from Wilkes County

Newspaper Clippings

1919, Dec 17. Pretty Affair for Miss Mamie Ulrich. Greensboro Daily News, p.7. Greensboro, North Carolina. Mamie Ulrich went overseas as a Red Cross Nurse in WWI.

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Compiled by:

Phoebe Pollitt

North Carolina Nursing History