Nurse's Cap

Object Details

date made
ca 1991
Description
Maria Jayme was born January 14th, 1971 in General Santos City, Philippines and received a nursing degree from the San Pedro College of Nursing in Davao, Philippines in 1991. Maria received this nurse’s cap during the graduation capping ceremony. In 1994 she immigrated to the United States and worked as a registered nurse in Florida. Between 1965 and 1988 more than 70,000 foreign nurses came to the United States. 25,000 Filipina nurses provided a critical source of labor for hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Florida, California, Texas, and Massachusetts.
Subject
Nursing
Immigration
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Health & Medicine
Work
American Enterprise
Exhibition
American Enterprise
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
Credit Line
Gift of Reyna J. Legaspi
Data Source
National Museum of American History
ID Number
2007.0218.01
catalog number
2007.0218.01
accession number
2007.0218
Object Name
nurse's cap
cap, nurses
Physical Description
cotton (overall material)
metal (part: material)
Measurements
overall: 8 cm x 20 cm x 10 in; 3 1/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 25.4 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-60d6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record ID
nmah_1336159