Woman of the Day Lenah Higbee born OTD 1874 in Canada, one of the first intake of women as US Navy nurses and the first living woman to be awarded the Navy Cross, one of the highest US Navy honours, for extraordinary service.
Lenah emigrated to the US in 1899 to complete formal… pic.twitter.com/tgeUEuNM3E
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