1910s
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Nursing students enjoy some off time in Hillman Hospital’s nursing residence, circa 1910
February 2020 Image of the MonthThe Hillman Hospital Training School for Nurses opened soon after the 1903 completion of the new hospital facility. The first class of nursing students graduated February 28, 1905, with Elizabeth Hale of Birmingham as the program’s first graduate. The hospital-based diploma school became part of the university in 1945 when the university’s medical center was established in the Jefferson and Hillman hospitals. The last class graduated from the hospital school in 1969 and the program was eliminated.
Image ID: MC51, #125h