Description

Blouse: Cadet Nurse Corps blouse for winter dress uniform. The blouse is cream rayon? crepe. It is short sleeved. It has a peter pan collar. There are 5 white pearl plastic closure buttons. There are 5 pin tucks down the opening on each side. There are gathers in the center front shoulders and 4 short darts on the shoulders. The sleeves have a 1" wide folded cuff. There are 2 darts from the waist up on each side in the back. On the inside center neck is a white size label with black "38". On the lower right side is a white label with black "U.S. CADET NURSE CORPS/NAME____/SCHOOL____/ADDRESS___". Condition - There are holes on the lower left side and throughout. There are a few light stains throughout.

Worn by Karna Diercks Johnson (12/2/1926 -5/18/2008). She was born in Zumbrota. Her parents were John and Edna Diercks. She was in the Cadet Nurse Corps program. She graduated from Red Wing St. John's Hospital School of Nursing in August 1947. She probably began training in 1944 or 1945. The Cadet Nurse Corps program was from 1943-1948. Johnson was a registered nurse for 34 years at the Red Wing City Hospital, St. John's Hospital in Red Wing, and the Red Wing Health Center.