Interview with Virginia W. McKee, April 26, 1979
Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Virginia McKee became involved in FNS publicity through Florence Wigglesworth, although she never visited Wendover. McKee recalls Mary Breckinridge in middle age and describes her in detail. McKee talks about the activities of the Washington Committee and gives some of its background. She mentions committee personnel and discusses the details of fund raising. McKee also comments upon visits and talks by Mary Breckinridge, Helen Browne, and other FNS representatives.Interview Accession
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McKee, Virginia W. Interview by Carol Crowe-Carraco. 26 Apr. 1979. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
McKee, V.W. (1979, April 26). Interview by C. Crowe-Carraco. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
McKee, Virginia W., interview by Carol Crowe-Carraco. April 26, 1979, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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