- Fannie Beers
- Susan Leigh Blackford
- Ella Cooper
- Kate Cummings
- Almira Fales
- Juliet Ann Hopkins
- Cornelia McDonald
- Ella King Trader
- Phoebe Yeates Pember
- Lennie Russell
- Sally Louisa Tompkins
Phoebe Yeates Levy Pember was a
38 year old widow from Georgia who was appointed
matron of Richmond's Chimborazo Army Hospital
in November 1862. Her responsibilities included
housekeeping and dietary kitchen personnel.Chimborazo
became one of the largest military hospitals in the world,
housing sixteen thousand patients. As the first female
administrator of a hospital, Phoebe was subjected to male ridicule.
Occasionally Phoebe had to pull a pistol from her pocket
to keep doctors and ward stewards under her control.She
was very dedicated and served until the end of the war.
In 1879 her memories were recorded in A
Southern Woman's Story. It was a valuable account
of conditions in Confederate Hospitals and it condemns
the drunkenness of surgeons and ward stewards.
Sally Louisa Tompkins was born in 1833 at Poplar Grove, Virginia and exhibitied nursing skills from an early age. During the Civil War, she became the supervisor of Robertson hospital. She received over 1,400 patients from August 1, 1861, until June 13,1865; and only 73 of them died. Robertson was the hospital that the most critically were sent to. The secret of her success was her passion for cleanliness and the spiritual well-being of her patients. as well as the mini-bios above
were taken from a wonderful little book
WHITE ROSES-Stories of Civil War Nurses
by Rebecca D. Larson