Maude C. Davison
U.S. Army Nurse (1885-1956)
Maude C. Davison (27 March 1885 – 11 June 1956) was a Canadian-born, American nurse. After a career in Canada, she moved to the United States. She served as the Chief Nurse of the United States Army Nurse Corps in the Philippines during World War II. She received numerous awards for her military service in both World War I and World War II. In 2001, she posthumously was granted an Army Distinguished Service Medal for her leadership of the Angels of Bataan, the first and largest group of American military women taken as prisoners of war.
Early life
Maude Campbell was born on 27 March 1885 in Cannington, Ontario, Canada, to Janet (or Jeannette) Campbell. In 1894, her mother, who had immigrated from Scotland, married Abraham Sidders. She graduated in 1909 from the Ontario Agricultural College with a certificate from the MacDonald School of Home Economics.
Career
Campbell began her career as a dietitian at the Baptist College in Brandon, Manitoba. Immigrating to the United States in 1909, she took employment in South Bend, Indiana, at the Epworth Hospital as a dietitian and instructor in domestic science and remained until 1911. She returned from Canada in 1914, and entered the Pasadena Hospital Training School for Nurses. In 1917, she graduated having earned her registered nurse designation.
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