This is my great grandfathers aunt, Helen Scott Hay, and I am amazed to discover what this lady accomplished in her life, where she traveled, the classes she taught, as the director of Nursing, and the awards she won, being the Head of the Red Cross Nurses. In WWI, she served in the Balkans. I can see why she didnt have time to marry. Helen Scott Hay, famous Red Cross nurse, was born near Lanark in this county. She was a graduate of Savanna High School, Northwestern University in Evanston, and the Illinois Training School for Nurses in Chicago, where she was later Superintendent. Before World War I she established a school of nursing in Bulgaria. At the outbreak of war she became Director of American Red Cross Nursing Personnel and was assigned to the Balkans. After America entered the war, whe served in Washington. In 1920 she was appointed Director of the European Work of the Red Cross. She died here in 1932.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:42:03 +0000
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