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Nellie Barsness (1873-1966) - electrical engineer

* Add photo of Barsness in uniform https://picryl.com/media/nellie-barsness-1918-in-french-uniform-703ab1 Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 83, 86. Lemay, Kate Clarke, “The untold story of women who risked their lives to do good – and get their rights,” CNN.com, August 16, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/opinions/suffrage-centennial-1920-world-war-i-doctors-represented-lemay/index.html Faces of the American Medical Women’s Association: Dr. Nellie O. Barsness https://www.amwa-doc.org/faces/dr-nellie-o-barsness/ Beck, Melinda, “Why Suffragists Helped Send Women Doctors to WWI’s Front Lines,” History.com. https://www.history.com/news/wwi-women-doctors-suffragists-france Report of the Women’s Oversea Hospitals. (New York: National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co., Inc, 1919.): 23. See full pamphlet at https://gateway.uncg.edu/islandora/object/sc:29309 PDF document with pictures and original documents https://history.army.mil/curriculum/wwi/docs/AdditionalResources/presentations/DrNellie.pdf Gavin, Lettie. American Women in World War I: They Also Served. Boulder: (University of Colorado Press, 1997): 166-167, 171-172. https://www.amwa-doc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/11091600.pdf

Mary Lee Edward - surgeon (1885-1980)

* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 72, 73, 77, 79, 83-84. Beck, Melinda, “Why Suffragists Helped Send Women Doctors to WWI’s Front Lines,” History.com. https://www.history.com/news/wwi-women-doctors-suffragists-france Report of the Women’s Oversea Hospitals. (New York: National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co., Inc, 1919.): 15-16, 23. See full pamphlet at https://gateway.uncg.edu/islandora/object/sc:29309 Born in Petrolia, Ontario, Canada. Parents Alexander Clark Edward and Jennie Gertrude Dawson https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104250761/mary-lee-edward “Dr. Mary Lee Edward a Learning Woman,” Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine 129, no. 2 (Winter 2014-2015): p. 30. Find on the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/2015Winter/page/30/mode/2up “Dr. Mary Lee Edwards, Back From War Work, Brings Urgent Invitation,” New York Herald, July 19, 1919, p. 9. https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-dr-mary-lee-edward-touri/101383000/ “Canadian Women Plan Maple Leaf Dance for Jan. 23,” New York Times, January 9, 1970, p. 23. https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/09/archives/canadian-women-plan-maple-leaf-dance-for-jan-23.html Dr. Mary Lee Edward Canadian Women’s Club 50th Anniversary, The Expositor, Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Janu 12, 1970, p. 16. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-expositor-dr-mary-lee-edward-canadia/101360615/ Women Leaders Memory Project, Ontario Medical Association, scroll down to Dr. Mary Lee Edward https://www.oma.org/newsroom/memory-project/women-leaders-memory-project/ The First Contingent of the Women’s Oversea Hospitals, Supported by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, NAID 533774. Dr. Mary Edward is 5th from the left. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/533774