Winnie Gibson

Winnie Gibson (1902–2000) was the second director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, serving in that position from 1950 to 1954.

Navy Nurse Corps career

Captain Gibson graduated from Seton Hospital, Austin, Texas, in May 1923, and worked in civilian hospitals for seven years. She became a registered nurse in December 1930.

After joining the

Her last tour before being selected as Director was as Chief Nurse, U. S. Naval Hospital, Naval Medical Center,

Director

During the Korean War, Captain Gibson presided over a Nurse Corps that was required to involuntarily recall Reserve nurses at the rate of 125 per week and "freeze" those on active duty. She retired from active duty on 1 May 1954.

Later life

Gibson retired to

Further reading

• "Winnie Gibson Palmer DeWitt", Navy Medicine 2001, 1:26.
• "MILITARY SERVICES SEEK MORE NURSES; At Convention, Heads of Army, Navy and Air Units Call on Young Women to Join", Washington Post, June 24, 1953.
• "Heads Navy Nurses", Stars and Stripes, 11 Feb 1950.
• Sterner, Doris M. (1997). In and Out of Harm's Way: A history of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps.
  ISBN 0-89716-706-6
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• Ebbert, Jean and Marie-Beth Hall (1999). Crossed Currents: Navy Women from WWI to Tailhook [Revised].
  ISBN 978-1-57488-193-6
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• Godson, Susan H. (2001). Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy.
  ISBN 1-55750-317-6
  . Fact filled, extensively researched account of the evolution of the roles of women in the United States Navy, treating the parallel and intertwined paths of the Navy Nurse Corps and the WAVES. About one-third of the pages are devoted to notes and bibliography.

• Nurses and the U.S. Navy -- Overview and Special Image Selection Naval Historical Center