There were MANY early nurses who practiced as nurses but were never licensed. Some graduated from organized schools of nursing and others studied under a physician. Legally, if they didn't get a license when it became a requirement, they weren't registered nurses - - but they were, indeed, nurses.
Visitors are invited to send pictures and biographies of any ancestor who was a nurse before 1935; this includes practical nurses.
Name in gold = link to more information about the nurse.
| ARBUCKLE, Margaret Davis | Public Health Nurse |
| FOREMAN, Hazel Frances Evans | R. N. from Hardy County |
| GORBY, Irene (Bucher) | Worked under Dr. J. D. Schmied, Wetzel County |
| McHENRY, Elizabeth McMillan | L. P. N. |
| McMAHON, Francina | Worked with Dr. Harriet B. Jones |
| NORTON, Patricia Jane Feeney | Hampshire County Health Nurse |
| PATTERSON, Drusilla "Nellie" Miller | Practical Nurse |
| PARKS, Della | Early Trained Nurse |
| SMITH, Laura P. | Early Trained Nurse |
| STEWART, Martha Virginia | L. P. N., born 1880 |
