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Hannah A. Kallem (August 18, 1865 – June 16, 1937) was a Norwegian-born American army nurse.
Early life
Hannah A. Kallem was born in
Career
Kallem had a long career as a nurse in the
Atlanta, Georgia in 1898, reporting in a published letter that "I heard that we have 500 typhoid fever cases here."[6] She was at a gathering of Spanish–American War nurses at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.[7]
Personal life
Hannah A. Kallem retired in 1928 and died at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco in 1937, aged 71 years. Her remains were buried at the San Francisco National Cemetery.
References
- ^ a b Algot E. Strand, A History of the Norwegians of Illinois (J. Anderson Publishing 1905): 384.
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- ^ "List of Graduates" Annual Report of the Board of Control of Saint Paul and Ramsey County, Minnesota(1911): 147.
- ^ Dita H. Kinney, "Department of Army Nursing" The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review (September 1906): 159.
- ^ Dita H. Kinney, "Department of Army Nursing" The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review (May 1909): 326.
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