Elizabeth Wendell Ewing

Elizabeth Wendell Hunter Ewing (February 5, 1841 – April 30, 1905) served as a nurse during the American Civil War, and later as president of the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War.

Elizabeth Wendell Ewing
An older white woman wearing a high-collared dress.
Ewing from a 1910 publication
Born
Elizabeth Wendell Hunter

February 5, 1841
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
DiedApril 30, 1905
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Notable workPresident of the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War

Early life

Elizabeth Wendell Hunter was born February 5, 1841, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Career

Ewing served as an army nurse from 1862 to 1863 during the American Civil War. Her husband was wounded at Malvern Hill and she traveled with her very young son, to find him at a military hospital in Baltimore. Dorothea Dix initially refused Ewing for the Army nursing corps, but she persisted, and was enrolled in time to help her husband recover.[3] She continued at the hospital as an army nurse for almost a year.[1]

Ewing was a delegate to the annual convention of the Woman's Relief Corps in 1893,[4] and in 1896 she was elected vice-president of the Woman's Relief Corps at the Pennsylvania Encampment, held in Chambersburg.[5] In 1897 and 1898 she was senior vice-president[6][7] and in 1899 she was president of the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War.[1][8]

Personal life

Elizabeth Wendell Hunter married Immanuel Ewing (1830-1917), who owned a clothing store. They had a son born in 1861,[1] and a daughter Gertrude born in 1872. Elizabeth Wendell Ewing died in 1905, in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, aged 64 years.

References
  1. "President of National Army Nurses". The Times. September 3, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved September 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Many Battlefields". The San Francisco Call. August 16, 1902. p. 13. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Elizabeth Windle Ewing". Mexia Evening Ledger. October 12, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Convention, Woman's Relief Corps (U S. ) National (1893). Journal of the ... Annual Convention of the Woman's Relief Corps. E.B. Stillings. p. 18.
  5. "G.A.R. Encampment". The Scranton Republican. June 4, 1896. Retrieved September 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Old Nurses Would Return to Duty". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 6, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved September 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Women Who Love Their Country". Buffalo Courier. August 23, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved September 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Loyal Women Have Receptions". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 6, 1899. p. 12. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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