TAHS Featured Program: Early Nursing in the Grand Traverse Region 

Please note - there were technical difficulties with the recording. The audio comes on at the 28 minute mark.
This month's topic is: Early Nursing in the Grand Traverse Region
This presentation will describe the history of the nursing profession in our area. The bulk of the lecture will focus on the Traverse City Asylum Training School for Nurses which opened in 1906. The name was changed to the Traverse City State Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1911. Why was this school opened? Who were its founders? Who were the students who attended the school? Did it benefit the community in any way? Why did the school close in 1947? These are a few of the questions that will be answered. The effects of the political and health concerns of the times will also be discussed.
Presenter: Virginia LeClaire has degrees from the Mercy School of Nursing of Detroit and the University of Michigan (BSN and MS degrees). She worked in the Univ. of Michigan Breast Oncology Program until her retirement.