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This nurse's cap of heavily starched linen belonged to Helen Marie Turner. Mrs. Turner graduated from the Newman School of Nursing, a partnership program between Newman Hospital and Emporia College, in 1959. She purchased this cap as a freshman student. During her 45-year career, Mrs. Turner worked at a number of institutions, including Newman Hospital in Emporia, Jefferson County Memorial in Fairbury, Nebraska, Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a cancer center in California.
Creator: Kay's Caps Inc.
Date: between 1955 and 1959
Item Number: 221893
Call Number: 2005.79.6
KSHS Identifier: 2005.79.6
Business and Industry - Health care - Hospitals
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Nurses
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Community services - Hospitals
Date - 1950s
Education - Health
Education - Higher education - Students
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Headwear - Cap - Nurse's
Places - Cities and towns - Emporia
Places - Counties - Lyon
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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