Lucile Petry Leone (1902-1999)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5239]

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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: Nov-55

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5239

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Summary

This photograph of Lucile Petry Leone (1902-1999) was distributed when she retired in 1966 as Assistant Surgeon General and Chief Nurse Officer of the U.S. Public Health Service, where she had worked since 1941. Leone was the founding director of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, which recruited and trained nurses during World War II.

Subject

  • Leone, Lucile Petry 1902-1999
  • United States Public Health Service Office of the Surgeon General
  • United States Cadet Nurse Corps

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5239

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

Nov-55

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Topic

Nursing

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5239]

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