Clara Ford with Graduating Class, Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing, 1942

Summary

In June 1925, Henry Ford Hospital opened a School of Nursing. The two-story Education Building featured classrooms, lecture halls and a gymnasium. The six-story Clara Ford Nurses Home had living quarters for 300 students. The school's first class included 93 young women enrolled in the three-year, tuition-free program.

In June 1925, Henry Ford Hospital opened a School of Nursing. The two-story Education Building featured classrooms, lecture halls and a gymnasium. The six-story Clara Ford Nurses Home had living quarters for 300 students. The school's first class included 93 young women enrolled in the three-year, tuition-free program.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1942

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.11153

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.75 in

Width: 4.75 in

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