DELANO, Jane & the Nurses who died in Service in World War I Memorial on the west side of the Red Cross Bldg in Washington, D.C. by Robert Tait McKenzie located in James M. Goode's Foggy Bottom area

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Jane Arminda Delano(March 13, 1862 - April 15, 1919) was a nurse and founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service. In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, she became a member of the New York Chapter of the American Red Cross and served as the secretary for the enrollment of nurses. In 1902 she returned to Bellevue Hospital in New York City as the director of the Training School for Nurses where she remained until 1909 when she was made Superintendent of the United States Army Nurse Corps. During this time, her invaluable contributions to her profession resulted in her being named president of the American Nurses Association and chair of the National Committee of the Red Cross Nursing Service. A pioneer of the modern nursing profession, Delano almost single-handedly created American Red Cross Nursing when she united the work of the American Nurses Association, the Army Nurse Corps, and the American Red Cross. Through her efforts, emergency response teams were organized for disaster relief and over 8,000 registered nurses were trained and ready for duty by the time the United States entered World War I. During the course of the War, more than 20,000 of her nurses played vital roles with the United States military. Source: Wikipedia

THOU SHALT NOT BE AFRAID FOR THE TERROR BY NIGHT NOR FOR THE ARROW THAT FLIETH BY DAY
NOR FOR THE PESTILENCE THAT WALKETH IN DARKNESS NOR THE DESTRUCTION THAT WASTETH AT NOONDAY

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TO
JANE DELANO
AND 296 NURSES
WHO DIED IN THE WAR
1914 - 1918

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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 190 Item #5.22; Foggy Bottom area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p462 Item #M-20)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: Robert Tait McKenzie
Related subjects: Emergency Services / Law Enforcement; Women; World War I; Jane Delano
Location: E & 18th Sts. NW Washington, D.C.
See Foggy Bottom areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Farragut West(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 77002570 (dcMem ID #900 )

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DELANO, Jane & the Nurses who died in Service in World War I Memorial on the west side of the Red Cross Bldg in Washington, D.C.
by Robert Tait McKenzie
located in James M. Goode's

"Outdoor Sculpture" (Jane A. Delano & the Nurses Who Died in Service in of World War I) & "Washington Sculpture" (Jane A. Delano & the Nurses of World War I) don't use the same name.

Links & other sources
Wikipedia article on Delano
Red Cross HQ Announced 1917
Red Cross HQ Dedicated 1917
Wikipedia article on WWI