OH 1148 | Oral History

OH 1148

Nurse. Her experiences as a civilian secretary with the State Department in Washington, D.C., before and during World War II. Educational background; decision to take a position with the State Department in early 1941; adjustments in moving from a town of 2,500 people to the nation's capital; personal observations of activities at the Japanese embassy on December 7, 1941; wartime living conditions, rationing, and transportation adjustments; social life; comments about and observations of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Japanese ambassadors Saburo Kurusu and Kichisabura Nomura, Ambassador Joseph Grew, and Eleanor Roosevelt; working with diplomatic codes; incident involving President Roosevelt's stamp collection; decision to join the Cadet Nurse Corps, 1944.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 66 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview August 4, 1996

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