One-piece starched white cotton military regulation nursing sister's apron consists of a princess style flat skirt with two applied pockets, short bib with 80.0 cm long straps and a pair of flat metal buttons covered with white fabric; waist closure is with a pair of flat metal buttons covered with…
One-piece starched white cotton military regulation nursing sister's apron consists of a princess style flat skirt with two applied pockets, short bib with 80.0 cm long straps and a pair of flat metal buttons covered with white fabric; waist closure is with a pair of flat metal buttons covered with white fabric .
Woven in fabric label: "CORBETT - COWLEY // PRE-SHRUNK"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007 K
Length
83.0 cm
Width
71.0 cm
Depth
0.10 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 83.0 cm x Width 71.0 cm x Depth 0.10 cm
Condition Remarks
Couple faded yellow stains along middle of one strap and spot on skirt that did not come out after washing
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Museum
Reference Comments
“Nursing Sister’s apron, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC),” Museum of Health Care. http://artefact.museumofhealthcare.ca/?p=79
Research Facts
Miriam E. Hartrick graduated from the Kingston General Hosptial School of Nursing in 1931.
More than 4000 women served as military nurses during the Second World War playing a vital role in the care and comfort of wounded soldiers, sailors, and airmen. As commissioned officers known by rank and title as Nursing Sisters, they served as fully-integrated members of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Most of them worked overseas in military hospitals and casualty clearing stations. After the lean years of the 1930s when there were few available positions for graduate nurses, even with the dangers of warfare, military nursing offered a job with a good salary, benefits, status, and a chance to travel.