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AACHM Oral History: Carol Allen

Carol AllenCarol Allen was born in Alton, Illinois in 1945. Her parents Janie and Thomas Ross moved to Ann Arbor in 1951 and purchased a home on Fifth Avenue. Her father was a cook and her mother was a nurse’s aid and custodian. Carol recalls raising her son Carl Jr. with her husband while living on the second floor of her family’s home. She got her associate’s degree in practical nursing and worked in that field for most of her career. In January 2023 she and her husband Carl celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They have two sons and several grandchildren.

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AACHM Oral History: Janie Lee Ross

Janie Lee RossJanie Lee Ross was born in 1921 in Jackson, Tennessee. Her father was a church deacon, and she remembers attending choir rehearsals. In the 1940s she and her husband Thomas moved to Chicago, and she went to practical nursing school. They moved to Ann Arbor in 1951 and purchased a home on Fifth Avenue. They opened their home to many friends and relatives who needed a place to stay. Ross was a nurse’s aid at St. Joe’s Hospital and a custodian in Ann Arbor Public Schools. She has four children–Charlotte, Thomas, Carol, and Eugene (Bobby)–and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Wanda T. Quigg Leads Lesson in Nursing Techniques at Jones School Center, December 1949

Wanda T. Quigg Leads Lesson in Nursing Techniques at Jones School Center, December 1949 image
Year:
1949
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 19, 1949
Caption:
HOME NURSING TAUGHT AT JONES SCHOOL CENTER: Mrs.Wanda R. Quigg (left) of 2351 Parkwood Ave., Pittsfield Village, nursing arts instructor at the Ann Arbor Practical Nurse Training Center, is shown above conducting a class in the care of the adult ill. Others shown practicing the lesson besides Mrs. Quigg are, left to right, Mrs. Hilda S. Tiala of 1685 Miller Rd., Miss Margaret S. Phillips of South Lyon, and Miss Caroline M. Pool of Willis. A new class in practical nursing care will be started at the center, located at Jones School, in February.

Yvonne N. McIntyre Learns Infant Nursing Techniques at Jones School Center, December 1949

Yvonne N. McIntyre Learns Infant Nursing Techniques at Jones School Center, December 1949 image
Year:
1949
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 19, 1949
Caption:
HOME NURSING TAUGHT AT JONES SCHOOL CENTER: The care of sick infants is one type of training conducted at the Ann Arbor Practical Nurse Training Center at Jones School. Shown above treating a "baby" are (left to right) Mrs. Margaret A. Donahue of 316 Hiscock St., Mrs. Mary Jacobs of 3184 Saline Rd., Miss Edna Mae Doyle, the training center director, of 2331 Fernwood Ave., Pittsfield Village, and Miss Yvonne N. McIntyre, of 4501 Walpole Ct., Willow Village. A new course for which up to 30 persons may register is scheduled to start in February.

Red Cross Home Nursing Class Is Held at Jones School, December 1950

Red Cross Home Nursing Class Is Held at Jones School, December 1950 image
Year:
1950
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 15, 1950
Caption:
FIRST HOME NURSING CLASS FINISHES: The first Red Cross home nursing class to be given under the Washtenaw county civil defense program was completed last night at Jones School. Two more are now in progress in Dexter, and others will be organized throughout the county as rapidly as possible, the Red Cross has announced. Mrs. Oliver Stirling, jr., taught the class. The class, shown (left to right), was composed of Mrs. Guy W. Talmage, Mrs. Reuben Hartman, Mrs. Betty Peer, Mrs. Harry Carver, Mrs. Donald Schmidt, Mrs. Olga Logan, Miss Corrintha C. Salsbury, Mrs. James Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Richard Hayden and Mrs. Ernest Katz. The figure in the bed is a dummy used for demonstrations in the nursing course.
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Legacies Project Oral History: Anna Noble

Anna Noble was born in the early 1920s and grew up in Pittsburgh with 11 siblings. She worked as a launderer as a young woman. She applied to several nursing schools, but faced discrimination due to segregation. She attended Mercy Douglass School of Nursing in Philadelphia, which was an all-Black nursing school. In 1950, Noble moved to Detroit to take a nursing position at Haynes Memorial Hospital. She became the director of nursing at DMC Harper University Hospital, where she worked for 23 years. Later in life, she volunteered at the Lula Belle Stewart Center, which offered parenting assistance to single mothers.

Anna Noble was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.