history images Mound City on the Mississippi Home Page
image menu Buildings, Sites, and Objects People, Places, and Things Events, Incidents, and Occurrences Bibliography

People

Name:    Parsons, Emily
Profession:  Medicine
Category:  Human and Social Services
Description:    Emily Parsons was a professional nurse who worked at Lawton Hospital and then was put in charge of the hospital boat that left St. Louis to take supplies south and bring wounded soldiers back from Vicksburg and Tennessee. She accomplished these tasks despite the fact that "she was blind in one eye, slightly deaf, and so lame in one foot that she could not walk or stand for long periods."



Reference
In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History
More People
in the Same Profession(s)

 

 

people • structures • events • sources • home
about historic preservation• new entries• 4 kids only• map it!

This site was made possible by: the City of St. Louis Planning and Urban Design Agency and
the City of St. Louis Community Information Network.

This site was funded in part by Federal funds administered by the Missouri State Historical Preservation Office, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, The National Park Service, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.


Version 1.0