Emily Morgan (nurse)

Emily Morgan was a nurse known as the "Angel of the Yukon". She was born in Kansas, and would travel to Alaska where she administered serum in Nome, Alaska.

Biography

She was born on March 7, 1878, in Leon. She graduated from Leon High School in 1897 and received her nursing degree from the Missouri Methodist Hospital in 1905. A registered nurse trained by the American Red Cross in Wichita, Kansas, she had been sent to Alaska by the Red Cross in 1923. Previously, Morgan served as a missionary in Panama and India, as well as serving as a nurse during World Was I, in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, England and Australia. When she returned to Wichita, she became the first school nurse. As she was in charge of Maynard Columbus Hospital in Nome, Morgan was the nurse responsible for administering the serum in Nome, Alaska. For this, she was called the "Angel of the Yukon". She was in charge of Barrow Hospital when Wiley Post and Will Rogers' bodies were brought in. During World War II, Morgan was a nurse in New Zealand. She died on May 9, 1960.^[1][2]

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