Mary Mavis Perry (1918-2008) entered the nurses training program at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, in 1936. She graduated in 1939. After working at a hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, she returned to Columbus to work in surgery at St. Francis Hospital from 1941-1945. Perry entered the Army Nurses Corps for one year of active duty. She married and had children before returning to surgical nursing in 1954 at St. Francis, then St. Anthony’s Hospital. After thirty-three years she retired in 1987.
The Mary Mavis Perry Oral History (0.25 linear foot) contains copies of the oral history interview conducted with Perry on September 20, 2001 accompanied by her obituary.
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[Identification of item], Mary Mavis Perry Oral History, SPEC.202506.PERRYORALHISTORY, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.