Muriel Smith
Title
Muriel Smith
Description
Muriel Smith describes her mother's experiences as a nurse in July, 1967.
Publisher
Detroit Historical Society
Date
7/15/2015
Rights
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
Format
Text
Language
en-US
Type
Written Story
Coverage
Downtown Detroit, Michigan
Text
I am speaking for my deceased mother (May, 2013). My mother, Mrs. Senora D. Smith, was an operating room nurse at Receiving Hospital/Detroit General Hospital when the hospital was in downtown Detroit across from the former police headquarters. She was needed to work afternoons during that period, but because she did not drive, it meant that either Daddy or I would have to drive at night through dangerous areas, to bring her home. She and other nurses refused to come to work, so the hospital picked her and other nurses up in ambulances, and brought them back home in ambulances. The nurses worked extra hours, but they felt safe and protected in the ambulances. Mom died at age 98 in 2013, but still remembered that time.
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Submitter's Name
Muriel Smith
Submission Date
03/19/2015
Search Terms
Detroit Receiving Hospital
Files
Collection
Citation
“Muriel Smith,” Detroit Historical Society Oral History Archive, accessed October 4, 2024, https://detroit1967.detroithistorical.org/items/show/29.