From Chickens to Flying: Lauretta M. Schimmoler and the Aerial Nurse Corps of America Thanks to Robert E. Skinner’s meticulous research from the 1980s, we know much about the life of civilian pilot Lauretta M. Schimmoler, founder of the Aerial … Continue reading
‘Place aux dames’? Women Organists in the First World War After carefully reviewing issues of the Musical Times 1901 to 1910, I was not satisfied with the numbers of women organists I was seeing – or not seeing – in … Continue reading
‘Place aux dames’? Women Organists in Edwardian England Writing about ‘Women at the Console’ in the Musical Opinion in 1954, Martin Hawkins noted the conspicuous absence at the beginning of the twentieth century of women organists in any church of … Continue reading
Elizabeth Stirling (26 February 1819 – 25 March 1895) Many years ago when researching Samuel Wesley and the introduction of Bach’s organ music into England, I came across the name of Elizabeth Stirling in connection with a recital she gave … Continue reading
World War II Flight Nurses Identified Flight Nurses Anna Ranahan, Grace Dunnam, Dolly Vinsant, and Jean Tierney of the 806 Medical Air Evacuation Squadron, circa 1943 Until recently I had identified by name only two of the four World War … Continue reading
The Aerial Nurse Corps of America Part 8 Flight nursing in the United States Army Air Forces had become a reality when the 802nd Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron left Bowman Field, Kentucky on Christmas Day 1942 for flying duty … Continue reading
The Aerial Nurse Corps of America Part 7 Undeterred by the American Nurses Association (ANA) rejection of the Aerial Nurse Corps of America (ANCOA), Schimmoler again set her sights on military support of the ANCOA. In July 1942, with approximately … Continue reading
The Aerial Nurse Corps of America Part 6 To avoid possible misunderstandings of Aerial Nurse Corps of America (ANCOA) activities, by 1939 its founder, pilot Loretta Schimmoler, had appointed a registered nurse, Ruth G. Mitchell, as Chief of Staff. In … Continue reading
The Aerial Nurse Corps of AmericaPart 5 Leaders of the American Red Cross (ARC) had been following the activities of pilot Lauretta Schimmoler and the Aerial Nurse Corps of America (ANCOA) closely ever since her organization had “gotten off the … Continue reading
The Aerial Nurse Corps of America Part 4 Detroit Company A of the Third Wing, Fifth Division was one of the more active Aerial Nurse Corps of America (ANCOA) units. 1 Its success may be attributed in large part to … Continue reading