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Sheer white nurse's hat. Gathered and pleated around edge. Part of the student uniform of Edetha Dodds Womer (1869-1949), the first graduate of Christ Hospital of Topeka's nursing program in 1894.
Date: between 1892 and 1894
Item Number: 318762
Call Number: 1969.72.1
KSHS Identifier: 1969.72.1
Business and Industry - Health care - Hospitals
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Nurses
Collections - Museum - Main gallery - Public Health
Community Life - Community services - Hospitals
Date - 1890s - 1892
Date - 1890s - 1893
Date - 1890s - 1894
Education - Health
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Headwear - Hat - Uniform - (Occupational)
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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