Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture
Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture (1890–1996), known simply as Edith Monture,[1] was a Mohawk WWI veteran, known as the first Indigenous-Canadian woman to become a registered nurse, as well as to gain the right to vote in a Canadian federal election.[2][3] Moreover, she was the first Indigenous woman from Canada to serve in the United States military.[1]
Born in Canada, Monture had to be trained as a nurse in the United States because all of the Canadian nursing schools refused her due to her race.[2][4] She worked as an elementary school nurse, but left that job in 1917 to join the Army Nurse Corps.[2][5] She served in France at a military hospital.[2] She was one of fourteen Native-Canadian women who served as members of the Army Nurse Corps during World War I, and was one of only two who served overseas (the other being Cora E. Sinnard, a member of the Oneida tribe who also served in France).[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Conn, Heather. 2017. "Edith Monture." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada.
- ^ a b c d e "Women In Military Service For America Memorial". Womensmemorial.org. Archived from the original on 2016-10-15. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ^ nurun.com (2013-02-26). "Student seeks native women firsts | Brantford Expositor". Brantfordexpositor.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ^ "Canada's History - Charlotte Monture". Canadashistory.ca. 1918-10-04. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ^ "Defense.gov: National Canadian Heritage Month 2014 profile of Charlotte Edith (Anderson) Monture". Archive.defense.gov. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
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