Marianne the Cadet Nurse

When Marianne left high school after graduation she dedicated her life's work to help people with health issues and therefore decided she wanted to be a nurse. Her parents supported her decision by giving Virginia Mason School of Nursing $150 tuition for a three year course of study which included room and board. Her goal was to become a Registered Nurse. As her study progressed she was assigned increasingly more complex nursing duties. She loved it all, but in particular she quickly grew to love Obstetrics because it was almost always a happy place to work, with good patient contact.
About nine months after her study began her class was informed that the government was going to help fund the program and the students would be called Cadet Nurses. The government decided it had an obligation to educate enough nurses to serve the civilian population since it had taken so many doctors and nurses to serve in the military. Cadet Nurse uniforms were furnished to each student and were worn to most outside activities. A small stipend was paid monthly to purchase basic necessities.