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PEORIA COURNAL-TRANSCRIPT
Peoria, Illinois
YY, OCTOBER 14, 1934.
N
0
World War Red Cross Nursing Director
Visitor During Illinois Convention Here
t
Miss Clara D. Noyes, director of American Red Cross Nues.
ag service,*posed 'yesterday afternoon at the Pere Marquette
totel for a Journal photographer.
That the nitrale of the nation health nurses in America and 50
woul be advanced if home nurs-
in the Philippines. The work of
ing personal hygiene were taught
as required subjects in the high
the rural nurses is carried on
schools was pointed out by Miss
through the 3,700 Red Cross sta-
Clara D. Noyes, director of the
tions throughout the country. The
American Red Cross Nursing ser-
nurses must have a standard
vice, who visited here this week
training. They are selected
during sessions of the Illinois
through the national office for
Nurses association convention.
the community work, and the
Miss Noyes resides in Wash- program is the teaching of home
ington, D. C., headquarters of the
hygiene to lay women.
American Red Cross. Her home is
Miss Noyes stated that the
in Georgetown, where she finds
home nursing program would re-
respite from her daily routine by
vive the old fashioned neighborly
enjoying the company of a niece.
way of helping out in the time
"who is like an adopted daughter.'
of sickness, and that the differ-
Miss Noyes was born on the
ence would be that trained aid
eastern shores of Maryland, Cecil
would be given. The program
county. Her parents were of Con-
would be especially helpful for
necticut. She received her early
those who couldn't afford to go
education in Connecticut and at-
to the hospital, have a physician
tended Johns Hopkins Training
school for Nurses in Baltimore.
or pay a nurse. The women of
Directed Relief Work
the family who were trained in
Although she began her career
nursing would detect the symp-
in connection with training schools
toms of disease early in the case
for nurses, she became interested
and thus a spread or epidemic
would be avoided. The healt'
in the work of the Red Cross and
served as director of American
average and the morale of t'
Red Cross nursing during the
people would be raised, she said
World war. Her supervision was
Miss Noyes commented upon
directed through the American
the field of nursing as a profes-
headquarters and she did not go
sion for women today. She stated
overseas until 1920. At that time
that there are not enough "good"
she directed an extensive program
nurses to answer the demand of
2
for civilian relief and child welfare
the public, and of the number of
and succeeded in organizing
trained nurses, few are distributed
schools for nurses in Poland, Cze-
properly.
choslovakia, Bulgaria and Con-
"I should recommend nursing
stantinople. American nurses
for girls above every profession.
of
worked in the schools until the na-
There is a great demand for ex-
tive women were trained suffi
cellently trained nurses. Too oft-
ciently to carry on the project
en schools have used the training
Some American women remained
idea for a means of obtaining
in the foreign hospitals for more
cheap labor."
than 10 years.
Miss Noyes provided a nursing
personnel of 20,000 for military
service and at the present time
directs the service for reserve
Army and Navy nurses.
Standard Training Provided
Under her department are listed
etween 600 and 700 rural public
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