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Della V. Knight
Della V. Knight (28 January 1878 – 17 September 1960) went to the German Hospital Training School for Nurses in Brooklyn, New York and graduated on 12 May 1903. Upon completion of Nursing School Della joined the United States Army Nurse Corps, Army Nursing Corps and served actively from July 1904 through September 1907. She left the Army and immediately joined the newly developed United States Navy Nurse Corps, Navy Nurses Corps. In Washington, D.C. On 13 May 1908, the Naval Appropriations Bill was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt which established the Navy Nurse Corps. The nucleus of the new Navy Nurse Corps was Esther Hasson the superintendent and Lenah Higbee the chief nurse and eighteen other women. They became known as the "Sacred Twenty." Della V. Knight was one of these original nurses. They had no quarters of their own and were given an allowance for quarters and subsistence to rent a house and establish their own mess. They found themselves not welcomed in an envir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State . Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
