Celebrating Women’s History Month
These two women were the first Registered Nurses in Pocahontas County. Nora Wilson is on the left. She was born in Monterey, Virginia, October 29, 1878. She graduated from the Jewish Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and, in 1907, she married John Lanty McNeel, of Mill Point. They had three sons. Nora was among the first registered nurses in West Virginia and was the first Superintendent of Nurses at the Marlinton Hospital. She died December 31, 1940.
Standing next to Nora is Frances Robinson. I haven’t found any information about her, so please call me if you know who she is. Neither one of these nurses are listed in the “History of Pocahontas County, W.Va. – 1981” indicating that they most likely aren’t listed in the County Clerk records. We remember and honor them now. (Pocahontas County Historical Society Collection; ID: PHS000748)
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