Over 22,000 professionally-trained female nurses were recruited by the American Red Cross to serve in the U.S. Army between 1917 and 1919 — and over 10,000 of these served near the Western Front.

The Red Cross needed many skilled volunteers for its wartime role ... Their members would provide aid to the territorial medical forces in times of war. Visit our WW1 volunteer site to find out more ...

Ellis Library & Reference Center librarian Doris Sheldon is looking for Monroe County women who served as Red Cross war nurses. Can you help?