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Women’s Auxiliary of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital

Women's Auxiliary of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital

Auxiliary means giving assistance or support and that is exactly what the Women’s Auxiliary of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital did. The entire operation was based on a spirit of cooperation and coexistence. When the hospital opened in 1923, there was no money available for any linens. Mrs. J. J. Roddick, a member of the board of trustees, raised funds for most of the hospital’s needs. In 1925 she with the help of Edna Heinzerling, director of nurses, mobilized the women in the community and later the entire state, to make linens, curtains and bed gowns for the hospital. This work was first done at the Zinzendorf Hotel. Mrs. Annie Pearl Shore Davis, wife of the chairman of the Hospital board, served as first president of the women’s auxiliary. This photo shows a meeting of the auxiliary in the 1940s.

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title
Women's Auxiliary of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital
creator
Cunningham, Jean
publisher
Coy C. Carpenter Library
rightsHolder
Wake Forest University
hasFormat
Photoprint
hasVersion
DF 323
isPartOf
Digital Forsyth NBG Events
isReferencedBy
NBG_evt_323
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth
description
Auxiliary means giving assistance or support and that is exactly what the Women's Auxiliary of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital did. The entire operation was based on a spirit of cooperation and coexistence. When the hospital opened in 1923, there was no money available for any linens. Mrs. J. J. Roddick, a member of the board of trustees, raised funds for most of the hospital's needs. In 1925 she with the help of Edna Heinzerling, director of nurses, mobilized the women in the community and later the entire state, to make linens, curtains and bed gowns for the hospital. This work was first done at the Zinzendorf Hotel. Mrs. Annie Pearl Shore Davis, wife of the chairman of the Hospital board, served as first president of the women's auxiliary. This photo shows a meeting of the auxiliary in the 1940s.
identifier
https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/nbg/evt/nbg_evt_00323.jpg, https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/nbg/evt/nbg_evt_00323-th.jpg, https://hdl.handle.net/10339/14966
rights
These images are protected by copyright restrictions. Please contact the owning library (Coy C. Carpenter Library) for more information.
issued
2008-11-07T20:03:03Z
abstract
Published in: Baptist Hospital News 1943.
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