Kentucky-born Abbie Ewart moved to Seattle with her family in 1907. She graduated form Queen Anne High School and then trained as a nurse. After caring for tuberculosis patients for two years at Firlands Sanatorium, she and another nurse opened a single-day surgery clinic in Seattle. When the United States entered World War I in 1918, Ewart trained with other nurses at Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, and served at American base hospitals in France.
Army nurse Abbie Ewart had this portrait taken before she left for France in 1918.
ID Number: 1987.60.26
Date: Circa 1918
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : gelatin, b&w ; 18 x 10 cm.
Additional Information: View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv00866
Credit: MOHAI, Abbie Ewart Watkins Army Nurse Corps Collection, 1987.60.26
