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			<title><![CDATA[Dorothy Danner and Edith Corns, 1933]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Eleven Navy nurses were taken prisoners of war (POWs) in January of 1942 and sent to Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila. The Japanese captured Army nurses on Corregidor and sent them to Los Banos to join the Navy nurses. Navy Nurse Dorothy Danner and Army Nurse Edith Corns (and other Los Angeles nurses) were among those POWs. Danner and Corns trained in the same nursing class at Los Angeles County General Hospital. Both are pictured above in their 1933 yearbook photo.]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[Dorothy Danner and Edith Corns, 1933]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[Eleven Navy nurses were taken prisoners of war (POWs) in January of 1942 and sent to Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila. The Japanese captured Army nurses on Corregidor and sent them to Los Banos to join the Navy nurses. Navy Nurse Dorothy Danner and Army Nurse Edith Corns (and other Los Angeles nurses) were among those POWs. Danner and Corns trained in the same nursing class at Los Angeles County General Hospital. Both are pictured above in their 1933 yearbook photo.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sophie Winton]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Sophie Winton administered anesthesia on the front lines in France in WWI. After WWI she moved to Los Angeles and opened her own dental and plastic surgery clinic on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Her clients included the celebrities of that era. Her house on Laurel Canyon Boulevard was filled with celebrities at her 100th birthday party—Governor Ronald Reagan called to congratulate her.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[Sophie Winton administered anesthesia on the front lines in France in WWI. After WWI she moved to Los Angeles and opened her own dental and plastic surgery clinic on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Her clients included the celebrities of that era. Her house on Laurel Canyon Boulevard was filled with celebrities at her 100th birthday party—Governor Ronald Reagan called to congratulate her.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Red Cross Parade]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The May 18, 1918 Red Cross parade promised to be the greatest parade ever held in
Los Angeles. The goal was to raise $750,000 for the war. The parade started at 1:30 on Seventh and Hope streets. Nurses in an upper window watch the parade while County Hospital nurses and students march, holding a flag with stars for each of their nurses serving in the war.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[The May 18, 1918 Red Cross parade promised to be the greatest parade ever held in
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			<title><![CDATA[Railway Nurses]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[In August, 1935, the Union Pacific Railroad selected graduate nurses from Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Omaha hospitals to serve on its popular luxe coach train. The railway-stewardesses launched a new branch of public health and industrial nursing.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[In August, 1935, the Union Pacific Railroad selected graduate nurses from Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Omaha hospitals to serve on its popular luxe coach train. The railway-stewardesses launched a new branch of public health and industrial nursing.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Night Nurse]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Marvel published the last series of nurse comic books, Night Nurse, in November, 1972. They only published four issues. Again they used the name Linda Carter, but made no mention of her student nurse days. Linda and her roommates experienced adventures on the night shift at Metro General, including bomb threats and serial killers. Carter fell in love with a wealthy businessman. He forced her to choose between marrying him or working. She made her decision and watched him walk away. (© Marvel Characters, Inc.  Used with permission)]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[Night Nurse]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[Marvel published the last series of nurse comic books, Night Nurse, in November, 1972. They only published four issues. Again they used the name Linda Carter, but made no mention of her student nurse days. Linda and her roommates experienced adventures on the night shift at Metro General, including bomb threats and serial killers. Carter fell in love with a wealthy businessman. He forced her to choose between marrying him or working. She made her decision and watched him walk away. (© Marvel Characters, Inc.  Used with permission)]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ellen White Nurses]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[During the 1929 depression, many doctors took eggs, chickens, and groceries in return for their services. The city and county were drained of relief funds. By October 1932, White Memorial Hospital census was only 50 patients.  As a public service, the College of Medical Evangelists organized a nurse corps, called the Ellen White Nurses, for home service to the poor who could not afford to come to the hospital. The nurses, many of whom were out of work, donated their time; the hospital fed them, and the county paid their carfare.]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[Ellen White Nurses]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[During the 1929 depression, many doctors took eggs, chickens, and groceries in return for their services. The city and county were drained of relief funds. By October 1932, White Memorial Hospital census was only 50 patients.  As a public service, the College of Medical Evangelists organized a nurse corps, called the Ellen White Nurses, for home service to the poor who could not afford to come to the hospital. The nurses, many of whom were out of work, donated their time; the hospital fed them, and the county paid their carfare.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Edith Shain]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Artist J. Seward Johnson created a 25-foot, 6,000 pound statue of the kiss titled “Unconditional Surrender.” This photo was taken on the statue’s dedication day, February 10, 2007, in Mole Park, San Diego. The statue is of the famous 1943 photograph that Time declared the most recognized photo of the century. The nurse in the photograph was Edith Shain—a Los Angeles resident.]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[Edith Shain]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[Artist J. Seward Johnson created a 25-foot, 6,000 pound statue of the kiss titled “Unconditional Surrender.” This photo was taken on the statue’s dedication day, February 10, 2007, in Mole Park, San Diego. The statue is of the famous 1943 photograph that Time declared the most recognized photo of the century. The nurse in the photograph was Edith Shain—a Los Angeles resident.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[College Training School for Nurses]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[This 1897 photograph shows several pupil-nurses in surgery of the College Training School for Nurses—the first school of nursing in Los Angeles]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[This 1897 photograph shows several pupil-nurses in surgery of the College Training School for Nurses—the first school of nursing in Los Angeles]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[California Hospital Nurses, 1900]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Nurses play a game of croquet outside California Hospital in the early 1900s]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[World War II Black Nurses]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[These women are twenty-four of first contingents of black nurses assigned to the European Theater of Operations as they landed in England, August 21, 1944. Second row, first on the left, is Arlayne Hall of Los Angeles. Black nurses were not allowed to treat white soldiers and white nurses were not allowed to treat black soldiers. Black nurses had to fight for the right to participate in World War II.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[These women are twenty-four of first contingents of black nurses assigned to the European Theater of Operations as they landed in England, August 21, 1944. Second row, first on the left, is Arlayne Hall of Los Angeles. Black nurses were not allowed to treat white soldiers and white nurses were not allowed to treat black soldiers. Black nurses had to fight for the right to participate in World War II.]]></media:description>
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