Women / Persons ~ P12202
Emily E. Woodley
Alternate Names:
- Mrs. Emily E. Wilson
- Mrs. Emily E. Woodley
- Emily Lansbury Woodley
Gender: Female
Life Dates: 26 May 1835 - 15 May 1908
Types:
- Nurse
- Soldier
Note: nurse and Civil War army captain; widowed before the war and served under the name Emily E. Wilson, subsequently married Mr. Woodley; the only nurse commissioned as an officer and the only female member of the Army of the Grand Republic, president and founder of the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War