Interview with Zaydee DeJonge Harris, June 14, 1979
Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project
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Zaydee Harris was associated with the American Committee for Devastated France (C.A.R.D.) as a chauffeur. She tells of her experiences in signing up to go to France and then describes her acquaintance with Mary Breckinridge. Harris gives many details of Breckinridge's life during this period and draws parallels between the French organization and the FNS. Harris stayed at Wendover for part of a year after her work in France. When Breckinridge came to Boston, Harris arranged her lectures and was responsible for her publicity.Interview Accession
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Harris, Zaydee DeJonge Interview by Dale Deaton. 14 Jun. 1979. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Harris, Z.D. (1979, June 14). Interview by D. Deaton. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Harris, Zaydee DeJonge, interview by Dale Deaton. June 14, 1979, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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