Contributed by Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Description
The Queen's Hospital (later Mercy Hospital) School of Nursing opened on January 6, 1920, just two years after the hospital began operations. In 1930, the first public graduation was held with four nurses receiving their diplomas. In 1962, 43 students graduated.
Front row, from left: Mary Arnold, Marie Audet, Carolyn Barrows, Patricia Bemis, Juliet Bernard, Mary Bolstridge, Rita Bouchard, Yolande Boucher, Judith Brasier, Madeline Chevalier, Janice Cianchette, Margaret-Mary Concannon, Lorraine Cormier, Marie Cote, Pauline Custeau, Norma Davis, Sue Anne Dennison, Rachel Dufour, Barbara Foley,
Second row, from left: Sandra Joy, Lorraine Laperle, Judith MacLean, Elaine Mangan, Dianne McAvoy, Ruth McGovern, Pollyann Meade, Germaine Meehan, Marilyn Moran, Kathleen O'Brien, Patricia Oroski, Donna Pelkey, Colleen Plisga, Elizabeth Pooler, Charlene Rossignol, Doris Roy, Bettye Russell,
Third row, from left: Doris Roy, Bettye Russell, Carol Santerre, Barbara Schubach, Anna Shils, Lucille St. Peter, Naida Strom, Barbara Tardy, Johnna Violette, and Marilyn Woodside.
About This Item
- Title: Mercy Hospital School of Nursing graduates, Portland, 1962
- Creator: Mercy Hospital
- Creation Date: 1962
- Subject Date: 1962
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
- Collection: Mercy Hospital Historic Archive
- Object Type: Image
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- Catholic Church. Diocese of Portland (Me.)
- Group portraits--Maine--Portland
- Health care personnel--Maine--Portland
- Health education
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Medical education
- Mercy Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Nurses--Maine--Portland
- Uniforms--Maine--Portland
- Women--Employment
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