Cadet Nurse Corps Records, 1943-1946
Items in this collection relate to Elizabeth Lattell's time in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. The Cadet Nurse Corps, created in 1943 under the direction of the Public Health Service, recruited women ages 17 to 35 – regardless of race - for nursing schools by offering to cover their tuition and living costs in exchange for an oath of service during the war. Of particular note are Betty's Japanese American classmates from California, Jean Y. Oda, Emmy E. Ogami, and Marion H. Tanamachi. A donor note (not digitized) mentions that the women enrolled in the Cadet Nurse Corps program in order to find release from Japanese internment camps during WWII.
| Summary: | Items in this collection relate to Elizabeth Lattell's time in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. The Cadet Nurse Corps, created in 1943 under the direction of the Public Health Service, recruited women ages 17 to 35 – regardless of race - for nursing schools by offering to cover their tuition and living costs in exchange for an oath of service during the war. Of particular note are Betty's Japanese American classmates from California, Jean Y. Oda, Emmy E. Ogami, and Marion H. Tanamachi. A donor note (not digitized) mentions that the women enrolled in the Cadet Nurse Corps program in order to find release from Japanese internment camps during WWII.
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