FDR: “It is tragic that the gallant women who have volunteered for service…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 1945

It is tragic that the gallant women who have volunteered for service as nurses should be so overworked.

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Democratic · New York

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State of the Union Address

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FDR: “It is tragic that the gallant women who have volunteered for service as nurses should be so overworked.”