1. Taking the Nurse Corps International
After playing the lead role in establishing the Army Nurse Corps in the US, Dr. McGee went international, and took her expertise to Japan. In 1904, she led a contingent of volunteer nurses to serve in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War. She established a field hospital for the Imperial Japanese Army, and trained Japanese Red Cross nurses.
Given an officer’s rank by the Japanese government, she conducted inspections of field hospitals and hospital ships, and served as medical military attache with the Japanese army in Manchuria. Returning to America after the war, Dr. McGee resumed her medical practice, wrote about her war experiences, and lectured at the University of California. She died in 1940, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Where Did We Find This Stuff? Some Sources and Further Reading
American Battlefield Trust – Sybil Ludington
Ancient History Encyclopedia – Miltiades
Chaney, Otto Preston – Zhukov, Revised Edition (1996)
Changing the Face of Medicine – Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee
PBS.Org – 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Nikola Tesla
Daily Best – What the Hell Has Hollywood Got Against Nikola Tesla?
Encyclopedia Britannica – Flavius Aetius, Roman General
Encyclopedia Britannica – Mary Seacole
Herodotus – The Histories, VI & VIII
Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin – The Later Roman Empire, 284 – 602 (1964)
Legends of America – Mary Bickerdyke
History Collection – 16 Remarkable But Frequently Overlooked Women
