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D11418-8A
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- 1941-06-05 (Creation)
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In the 1940's, male nurses were still rare but their numbers would be increasing with the ongoing military expansion. Vincent Otis, left, and Kenneth Vaughn, right, were the only male members of the St. Joseph Nursing School June 1941 graduating class. Vaughn would be working at St. Joseph Hospital during the summer before continuing his medical education. Otis would be working at Providence Hospital in Seattle. The other graduates pictured in the background are, left to right, Norine Taylor, Helen Luffey and Mary Justice. (T. Times 6/4/1941, pg. 1)
Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Medical students--Tacoma; Nurses--Tacoma; Nursing--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Otis, Vincent; Vaughn, Kenneth; Taylor, Norine; Luffey, Helen; Justice, Mary;