Mrs. Virginia Rosebud Sneed Dixon, RN
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Title
Mrs. Virginia Rosebud Sneed Dixon, RN
Subject
RN Virginia Sneed Dixon in World War II
Description
Here are two photographs, one of RN Virginia Sneed Dixon during her service in the US Army Nurse Corps in World War II, and the other of her during her interview in 2012. Dixon also served in the Korean War.
Dixon was born in 1919, the seventh of ten children, on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. She graduated from the Knoxville General Hospital School of Nursing in 1941, having always wished to enter the nursing profession. Right after graduation, Dixon joined the US Army Nurse Corps.
Dixon's first assignment was at a psychiatric hospital in New York, but after three years she requested overseas service, heading out to a field hospital on the Burma Road in China, which was a road meant to help direct supplies to the Chinese trying to fight off the invading Japanese forces. Dixon had to undergo a two week journey to get to China, and had to cross up over the Himalayan Mountains, in freezing temperatures and using an oxygen mask, to reach her assigned location.
Dixon, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, became the first Cherokee nurse to serve on the front lines during World War II. The EBCI is the only federally recognized Native American tribe in Appalachia.
Dixon was born in 1919, the seventh of ten children, on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. She graduated from the Knoxville General Hospital School of Nursing in 1941, having always wished to enter the nursing profession. Right after graduation, Dixon joined the US Army Nurse Corps.
Dixon's first assignment was at a psychiatric hospital in New York, but after three years she requested overseas service, heading out to a field hospital on the Burma Road in China, which was a road meant to help direct supplies to the Chinese trying to fight off the invading Japanese forces. Dixon had to undergo a two week journey to get to China, and had to cross up over the Himalayan Mountains, in freezing temperatures and using an oxygen mask, to reach her assigned location.
Dixon, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, became the first Cherokee nurse to serve on the front lines during World War II. The EBCI is the only federally recognized Native American tribe in Appalachia.
Creator
Mrs. Virginia Sneed Dixon and
Laurel Sanders (Interviewer)
Laurel Sanders (Interviewer)
Source
Appalachian State University Belk Library and Information Commons Website: "North Carolina Nursing History: Qualla Boundary (Eastern Band Cherokee Indian Nurses):" https://nursinghistory.appstate.edu/counties/qualla-boundary-eastern-band-cherokee-nurses
Publisher
Appalachian State University
Mrs. Virginia Sneed Dixon
Laurel Sanders
Appalachian State University Special Collections
Mrs. Virginia Sneed Dixon
Laurel Sanders
Appalachian State University Special Collections
Date
Accessed April 14, 2020
Rights
Courtesy of the Appalachian State University Special Collections and Belk Library and Information Commons, and the Appalachian State University North Carolina Nursing History webpage
Format
Photographs (jpg)
Language
English
Type
Still Images
Identifier
RN Virginia Sneed Dixon, World War II and Korean War Veteran Nurse, Eastern Band Cherokee
Coverage
Women in World War II, nurses in World War II, Native American nurses in World War II, Cherokee nurses in World War II
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Black and white and color photographs
Collection
Citation
Mrs. Virginia Sneed Dixon and
Laurel Sanders (Interviewer) , “Mrs. Virginia Rosebud Sneed Dixon, RN,” US Nurses in World War II, accessed May 1, 2024, https://usnursesww2.omeka.net/items/show/20.