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One-piece brown and white seersucker field hospital uniform with wrap-around tie at left waist and one pocket on right skirt. Uniform was worn with brown and white striped seersucker nurse's cap. Initially designed for overseas service, but extended for use by nurses serving in hospitals in the United States in 1945. Uniform was worn by Mattie Donnell Hicks in 1945.

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Title
Army Nurse Corps seersucker dress
Contributor
Hicks, Mattie Donnell, Curator
Date
1945
Date (Text)
1945
Object ID
WV0044.8.001
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army--Women
Topics
Women's History
Military
Contributing Institution
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Service Branch
Army -- Army Nurse Corps
Conflict / Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Type
Object
Format
textiles
Language
English
Archive
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries; Mattie Donnell Hicks Collection; Folder: 5: Brown/White Seersucker Dress/Exercise Suit, circa 1942-1951
Standard Rights Statement
(http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/) NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
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Digital History Collections > University of North Carolina at Greensboro > Women Veterans Historical Project Collections > Mattie Donnell Hicks Collection
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