Contributed by Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Description
Sister Gertrude Champoux, who later took the name Sister St. Fernand, was the first religious sister to receive her nursing education at Portland's Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. She graduated in the class of 1950.
About This Item
- Title: Sister Gertrude Champoux, Portland, 1950
- Creation Date: 1950
- Subject Date: 1950
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Collection: Mercy Hospital Historic Archive
- Object Type: Image
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- Catholic Church. Diocese of Portland (Me.)
- Health care personnel--Maine--Portland
- Health education
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Medical education
- Mercy Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Nuns--Maine--Portland
- Nurses--Maine--Portland
- Uniforms--Maine--Portland
- Women--Employment
People
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Northern Light Mercy Hospital175 Fore River Parkway, Portland, ME 04102
(207) 879-3000
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