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Show i 1 ' , American War Nurses Decorated With Florence Nightingale Medal They represent America's nur sing roll of honor since 1914. WASHINGTON, 1). C "Great and exceptional devotion to the sick and wounded in peace and war." Without this distinguishing service no nurse can be awarded tho Florence Nightingale medal, the highest decoration decor-ation of the nursing world, created in 1 'J 1 2 The American Red Cror-.i has been notified that this honcr has been be stowed by tho IntTnat:onaJ Commit tee of the Red Cross, Genea, upon nix American rurses Since only one nurse of any nation may- receive this medal annually, this moans that the six women just honored represent Americas nursing roll of honor since the outbreak of the- world war in 1014. The medal was given to forty ono I nurses of various nations at this first awarding of it sine its authorization I Tho American nurses p. re Martha M. Russell, of Boulder. Col., who was appointed f'rst representative of the American Red Cross nursing service In Franco in July. 1917, to or 'gnniie Red Cross nursing activities there, Linda K. Melrs, of Boston. I Mass.. who went to France w ith the American Red Cross but was trans-! trans-! forred to the army nurse corps and (served under fire, later went wnth tho I American Red Cross commission to Rumania and nras decorated by the Rumanian government; Mary B Glad win of New York City, who pniled on the Red Cross ship, September. 1914, as supervisor of a unit assigned to Ber bian service, remaining five years: 1 Helen Scott Hay. of Washington, D. I C, chief nurse of the American Red ' r i commission for Europe, who began be-gan her war service in 1914: Florence! Bferrlam Johnson, of New York City , director of the department of nursing 'of the Atlantic division of American 'Red Cross; Alma E Fcerster, of Chi-jcago, Chi-jcago, who r-.alicd for service in Russia on the Red Cross relief ship in 1914. remaining in Europe throughout the war. |