Nurse Stamp Sign

Nurse Stamp Sign - A glimpse of the past through the nurse stamp collection. Nurses hold a special form of attachment for people. History cites many who have attained renown because of their outstandibng individual dedication and endeavors.
Famouse nurses include the likes of Clara Maass (1876-1901), the army nurse who served with William Gorgas in yellow fever studies, and allowed herself to be bitten by mosquitos and died a martyr to medical science.
Dorothea Dix (1802-1887), who taught Sunday school class at East Cambridge Corrections and became appalled at the conditions. She devoted a lifetime to upgrading poorhouses, asylums and prisons. During the Civil War she was superintendent of women nurses.
Clara Barton (1821-1912), who was appalled at conditions during the Civil War and without official sanction aided casualties in Virginia becoming known as the inchesAngel of the Battlefield inches and being appointed supt. of nurses with the Army of the James. She volunteered in Europe in the Franco-Prussian War and in 1881 founded the American Association of the Red Cross.
Unique gift for anyone graduating from nursing school. Picture measures 8x10 and comes with a beautiful mahogany finished frame that measures 11x13 and is protected by glass. Have you hugged a nurse today? Some stamps may change due to availability. Made with genuine postage stamps.