She graduated early from Huntington Park High School in order to enter the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, a program to address the nursing shortage during World War II. After working as a nurse ...

At age 17, Gloria took advantage of the newly formed Cadet Nurse Corps (CNC) program to leave an unhappy home. Created under Franklin Roosevelt’s administration, CNC’s goal was to alleviate a ...

Constance Edwards was 22 when she enlisted in the Army Student Nurse Cadet Corps. She was later deployed with the Army for a year during the Vietnam War, when most serving women were nurses.

Women in the military have been removed from the Department of Defense and Arlington Memorial Cemetery's websites: why this ...

Cadets who aren't receiving a scholarship are ... Marine Corps option: minimum of four years of active duty. Navy Nurse Corps option: minimum of four years of active duty. Students enrolled ...

In 1945, she joined the U.S Nurse Cadet Corps. She became a Registered Nurse in 1948 and completed her baccalaureate education at Teacher’s College, Columbia University in New York, graduating ...

Some service members recalled a time when women serving in the military were a rarity. Constance Edwards was 22 when she enlisted in the Army Student Nurse Cadet Corps. She was later deployed with the ...

The students recognized were Tracy Amaya, cadet Jaelyn Baker, Livia Blackstock ... as I prepare to become a nurse. It was a great and exciting distraction from my hectic exam prep. I felt very honored ...

Esther Elizabeth McCoin (Kempf) was born in Alpena, South Dakota, December 12, 1925. She graduated high school in May 1943 ...