Built in 1909, this photograph shows the “new”
Hillsborough County Hospital where Ruth
Corey attended nursing school.
World War I has many unsung heroes, and the war nurses are among them. Ruth Ferris Corey was born 20 October 1894 in Manchester, New Hampshire, daughter of Charles R. & Emma Cynthia (Ferris) Corey. She grew up at #12 Nashua Street in Manchester. Her father was connected with the Corey Needle Factory and managed the Corey Estate, a task Ruth performed later when her parents died.
In 1917 Ruth F. Corey graduated from the Hillsborough County Hospital Nursing Program at the hospital in Grasmere (Goffstown) New Hampshire in a class of fourteen. Almost immediately she enlisted in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp (on 17 November 1917). She was sent to U.S. Army Base Hospital, Camp Custer, Battle Creek Michigan to work, and for additional training. Continue reading
