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Traveling
the Life of Elinor Gregg, R.N. Elinor Delight
Gregg, R.N., the first Supervisor of Nurses for the Indian Service, holds
the microphone and begins to speak. Her
memories – vivid with details of 80 years of an independent woman’s
life of adventure, frustration, triumphs, and personal commitment to
caring – begin to fill the first tape.
She wonders how the two University of New Mexico nursing students,
Melody Johnson and Alice Fryer, can possibly benefit from what she has to
say. Her stories tell of
times far before they were born – of miles she traveled through World
War I, on Indian Reservations, in Washington, D.C., and all the journeys
between and since. But as
always, since she’s agreed to help, she will. |
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Melody and Alice want to
learn from Elinor’s experiences, but conflicts and questions about marriage,
the Vietnam War, commitment, women’s roles, adventure, and about the type of
nurses they’ll become threaten to distract them.
Can Elinor Gregg help them find answers?
And, once when they visit her in Santa Fe, another questions arises –
what is the purpose of the basket full of stones “Aunt El” keeps near her
chair? This thoroughly researched true biography set within a fictional relationship between Elinor Gregg and two University of New Mexico nursing students in the summer of 1966 will instruct readers interested in nursing, gerontology, history, and the Women’s Movement, and will fascinate the general reader who enjoys a good story. A Readers Group Discussion Guide is also available for general interest readers. Order this book directly from the publisher at www.sunstonepress.com or your local bookstore. Available January, 2005. |
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