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Title
Madeline Moysey's Red Cross nurses cape
Description
Madeline Moysey (class of 1911) wore this uniform and cape while serving with the Johns Hopkins Base Hospital 18. In 1919 after the war, she married Benjamin F. Kline, a 1911 graduate of the school of medicine who served with her in the Hopkins Unit. At her death in 1971, her daughter wrote:
She was always proud to have been a ‘Hopkins girl’ and her years there and those she spent with the Hopkins Unit in France during World War I were the most outstanding, exciting, and fulfilling ones of her whole life.
A dark blue, woolen cape worn with a World War 1 uniform. The cape has a high collar, with a single button clasping it at the base of the collar. A red cross is sewn on the left breast. The inside lining of the cape is a bright red color. The cape's collar also has 2 metal clasps.
She was always proud to have been a ‘Hopkins girl’ and her years there and those she spent with the Hopkins Unit in France during World War I were the most outstanding, exciting, and fulfilling ones of her whole life.
A dark blue, woolen cape worn with a World War 1 uniform. The cape has a high collar, with a single button clasping it at the base of the collar. A red cross is sewn on the left breast. The inside lining of the cape is a bright red color. The cape's collar also has 2 metal clasps.
Date
circa 1917-1919
Is Part Of
Johns Hopkins Nursing Historical Collection
Format
wool cape
Identifier
Artifact 8482A
Rights Holder
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Original Format
Wool cape