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    "ocrText": "-3-\nin every sense of the work and should be an asset to any organization\nemploying her.\"\nDonna Pearce, Assoc. Public Health Nursing, State Dept. of Health,\nNashville, Tennessee - May 9, 1934\n11 Miss Ruth Laxton was employed as field nurse in the Division\nof Tuberculosis Control, Tennessee Department of Public Health,\nfrom June 13, 1928 to May 1933. I had no direct contact with Miss\nLaxton during this period of service, however, the efficiency report\nas made out by the supervising nurse, Tuberculosis Control, gives a\nrating of good on every item. This report states further that al-\nthough Miss Laxton has shown herself to be ambitious and hard work-\ning. She was granted study leave from October 1931 to June 1932.\nThen when the Tuberculosis Control Division was abolished May 1933,\nMiss Laxton re-entered Peabody College and is now a candidate for\nthe Bachelor of Science degree this spring. Miss Laxton tells me\nthat she is especially interested in school nursing or in teaching\nhealth in a teacher's college, but since she feels that she needs\nexperience in the generalized health field to serve as a foundation\nfor her teaching or school work, she has accepted a position as\ncounty nurse in one of our rural counties beginning May 15, 1934.\nI shall be very glad to give you a more detailed report when we have\nhad a chance to observe her in this generalized service.\"\nFrances F. Hagar, Acting Director, State Dept. of Health, Nashville,\nTennessee - July 8, 1936\n\"Miss Ruth Laxton served a.s tuberculosis field nurse in unorgan-\nized counties in Tennessee for almost five years (with about eight\nmonths! study leave during this time) and proved entirely satis-\nfactor in this capacity. She served as a county nurse in a general-\nized nursing program from May 1934 to September 1935. Miss Laxton's\ncredentials are good. Her records show her to be a fine young person.\nThe only criticism anywhere has been an occasional abruptness while\nworking with school children and an over-sensitiveness when working\nwith people. This is displayed in botheher social and professional\nlife. Although Miss Laxton is slightly lame due to poliolyelitis,\nthis has not in any way handicapped her ability to work. She has\ncarried a full load in each instance and has stood up well physically\nunder it. Miss Laxton's report shows that she improved in her work\nunder supervision, did an excellent job in record work, and used\nsatisfactory nursing procedures. She manifested a special interest\nin health education and seemed eager to learn and improve.\"\nL. c. Fisher, State Advisory Nurse, West Virginia State Dept. of\nHealth - Aug. 13, 1936\n\"Miss Ruth Laxton tendered her resignation to this department\neffective August 1, 1936. She is well trained in the field of public\nhealth nursing and is extremely energetic in her work.\"\nEugenia L. Klinefetter, Asst. to Director, Public Health Nursing\nAmerican Red Cross National Headquarters, Washington D. C. - July27,\n1938\n\"Miss Laxton is rather small, well dressed and gives impression\nof culture and refinement. She was liked in the community; shows\nmusually fine cultural background - refined quiet, in speech, her\n2"
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