Marie Josephine Isselstein (December 21, 1906 – February 2, 1968) was born in Dunn, Indiana, fifth of ten children born to Anna and Joseph Isselstein. She grew up in Athens County, Ohio, graduating from Athens County Public Elementary School April 23, 1920 and Nelsonville High School May 22, 1924. She then attended Holzier Hospital School of Nursing in Gallipolis, Ohio in 1928.
Isselstein received a B.A. from Ohio University in 1935 and a M.A. in Public Health from Columbia University in 1938. She was also a member of the American Public Health Association and licensed as an RN in Alabama (January 1942).
Isselstein served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Because her name is German and sounds Jewish, she changed it to Stone during this time.
Isselstein married Roland Desenier in 1952.
The Marie J. Isselstein, RN Papers (2 linear feet) contains information related to her life and nursing career.
Held in the Medical Heritage Center object collections is Marie Isselstein's nurses bag with contents.
The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical Heritage Center. Materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised reading room. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services, which must be performed by staff.
[Identification of item], Marie J. Isselstein, RN Papers, SPEC.201630.ISSELSTEIN, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.