Publications & Videos
BREAKING NEWS
Press Release. (15 October 2019). U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Honors 93 year-old Shawano veteran.
https://www.wispolitics.com/2019/u-s-sen-baldwin-honors-93-year-old-shawano-veteran/
Brindley, E. (1 Oct 2019). Hartford Courant. Simsbury ceremony recognizes World War II nurses as lesser-known heroes.
www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-ceremony-recognizes-world-war-ii-nurses-20191001-iay5r77jzne6hn2afhsx3e3qda-story.html
Poremba, B. (Sept 2019). Mass Report on Nursing. WWII Cadet Nurse: Mary Lorraine “Rainy” Baldwin Kench, p.14.
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Rideout, J. (26 July 2019). At 92, Holbrook woman close to becoming a veteran. Wicked Local Holbrook.
https://holbrook.wickedlocal.com/news/20190726/at-93-holbrook-woman-close-to-becoming-veteran
Kaufman, J. (23 July 2019). Recognition 'Now Or Never' For U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Of World War II. New England Public Radio: All Things Considered. https://www.nepr.net/post/recognition-now-or-never-us-cadet-nurse-corps-world-war-ii#stream/0
Klime, P. (22 July 2019). WWII Cadet Nurses Could Become Honorary Veterans. Military News.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/07/22/wwii-cadet-nurses-could-become-honorary-veterans.html
Boyle, L. (21 July 2019). Cadet nurses inch closer to getting veteran status. The Day.
https://www.theday.com/local-news/20190721/cadet-nurses-inch-closer-to-getting-veteran-status
Houk,, R. (30 June 2019). Giving credit to those who served in U.S. Nurse Cadet Corps. Johnson City Press.
https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Government/2019/06/30/Giving-credit-to-the-service-of-U-S-Nurse-Cadet-Corps
Lowe, A. (16 June 2019). Remember the homefront nurses. Johnson City Press. Letter to Editor.
https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Letter-to-the-Editor/2019/06/16/Letters-How-would-Jesus-spend-175K
(18 June 2019). Give WWII Cadet Nurses the Veteran Status They Deserve. UMass Amherst College of Nursing News. http://www.umass.edu/nursing/news-events/news/give-wwii-cadet-nurses-veteran-status-they-deserve
Detelj, T. (10 May 2019). Recognizing cadet nurses who served during WWII. News 8 wtnh.com
https://www.wtnh.com/news/recognizing-cadet-nurses-who-served-during-wwii
Booker, B. (15 April 2019). L&C professor on mission for WWII Cadet Nurses’ veterans status. The Telegraph.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/L-amp-C-professor-on-mission-for-WWII-Cadet-13769646.php#photo-17232303
U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs. (9 April 2019). Lawmakers renew bid to honor US Cadet Nurses. News Update.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVA/bulletins/23d09e8
Scheible, S. (4 April 2019) Lawmakers renew bid to honor US Cadet Nurses. Stars and Stripes. Retrieved.
https://www.stripes.com/lawmakers-renew-bid-to-honor-us-cadet-nurses-1.575676?fbclid=IwAR1C4olxyTV78h0doWUbYchtQsjNohvZjgzxItwE_n6JJFqDHyJlJhGKfuc
Sauer, A. (3 April 2018) Overdue Recognition for WWII Cadet Nurse Corps. VeteranAid.org
https://www.veteranaid.org/blog/overdue-recognition-for-wwii-cadet-nurse-corps/#comment-32914
LINKS TO LEGISLATION PRESS RELEASES
23 July 2019 Nursing Community Coalition
12 July 2019 Nursing Community Coalition
8 July 2019 Nursing Community Coalition
April 2019 NLN Press Release
3 April 2019 Bustos, Gianforte, Axne, Balderson Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Honor Cadet Nurses
3 April 2019 U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act
16 Jan 2008 Research on Legislation
Connecticut
Brindley, E. (1 Oct 2019). Hartford Courant. Simsbury ceremony recognizes World War II nurses as lesser-known heroes.
www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-ceremony-recognizes-world-war-ii-nurses-20191001-iay5r77jzne6hn2afhsx3e3qda-story.html
Kaufman, J. (23 July 2019). Recognition 'Now Or Never' For U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Of World War II. New England Public Radio: All Things Considered. https://www.nepr.net/post/recognition-now-or-never-us-cadet-nurse-corps-world-war-ii#stream/0
Boyle, L. (21 July 2019). Cadet nurses inch closer to getting veteran status. The Day.
https://www.theday.com/local-news/20190721/cadet-nurses-inch-closer-to-getting-veteran-status
Detelj, T. (10 May 2019). Recognizing cadet nurses who served during WWII. News 8 wtnh.com
https://www.wtnh.com/news/recognizing-cadet-nurses-who-served-during-wwii
Aherne, K. (15 Dec 2018). Legislators to fight for veteran status for cadet nurses. The Bulletin. Retrieved. http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20181215/legislators-to-fight-for-veteran-status-for-cadet-nurses
Press Release. (10 Dec 2018). MURPHY, WARREN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO HONOR WWII CADET NURSES. Retrieved. https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-warren-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-honor-wwii-cadet-nurses
Bergman, J. (12 Nov 2018). WWII cadet nurses reflect on lifetime of service. U.S.News.Retrieved.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/connecticut/articles/2018-11-12/wwii-cadet-nurses-reflect-on-lifetime-of-service
(5 Nov 2018). All but forgotten: Cadet nurses reflect on service during WWII. Connecting Vets.
https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/all-forgotten-cadet-nurses-reflect-service-during-wwii
Bergman, J. (16 Oct 2018). All but forgotten: Cadet nurses reflect on service during WWII. The Day. Retrieved.
https://www.theday.com/article/20181103/NWS09/181109782
Bergman, J. (21 Nov 2015). Ledyard WWII Cadet Nurse Corps member doubtful group will receive veterans status. The Day.
https://www.theday.com/article/20151121/NWS09/151129854
Renner, T.(~2008) Darien Woman Delivers Gratitude With Thrift Shop Volunteerism. Darien Daily Voice.
https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/darien/neighbors/darien-woman-delivers-gratitude-with-thrift-shop-volunteerism/504708/
Scheible, S. (21 July 2009). Following up on the cadet nurses and newly discovered poems. The Bulletin. Retrieved
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20090721/NEWS/307219959
Illinois
Booker, B. (15 April 2019). L&C professor on mission for WWII Cadet Nurses’ veterans status. The Telegraph.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/L-amp-C-professor-on-mission-for-WWII-Cadet-13769646.php#photo-17232303
Splitstone, M. (11 April 2018) Lillian Strezishar: Helping the Cadet Nurse Corps. Honor Flight Chicago
https://www.honorflightchicago.org/lillian-strezishar/
Iowa
Molden, M. (13 May 2019) U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps deserves veteran status. Pensacola News Journal.
https://www.pnj.com/story/opinion/readers/2019/05/13/letters-david-young-condones-trump-attacks-cindy-axne-congress-climate-change-socialism-urban-rural/1151327001/
Kansas
(8 May 2019). U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Recognition Act introduced in House and Senate. St. Lukes College of Health Sciences
https://saintlukescollege.edu/blog/us-cadet-nurse-corps-recognition-act-introduced-house-and-senate
Maine
Johnson, Karen (Nov 7, 2018). Letter to the editor: Cadet Nurses merit veteran status. Portland Press Herald. p. A8.Retrieved https://www.pressherald.com/2018/11/07/letter-to-the-editor-cadet-nurses-merit-veteran-status/
Massachusetts
Poremba, B. (Sept 2019). Mass Report on Nursing. WWII Cadet Nurse: Mary Lorraine “Rainy” Baldwin Kench, p.14.
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Rideout, J. (26 July 2019). At 92, Holbrook woman close to becoming a veteran. Wicked Local Holbrook.
https://holbrook.wickedlocal.com/news/20190726/at-93-holbrook-woman-close-to-becoming-veteran
(18 June 2019). Give WWII Cadet Nurses the Veteran Status They Deserve. UMass Amherst College of Nursing News.
http://www.umass.edu/nursing/news-events/news/give-wwii-cadet-nurses-veteran-status-they-deserve
Poremba, B. (June 2019). Cadet Nurse Evelyn Drinkwine Cahill: Lynn Hospital and Cushing Army Hospital, Framingham. Mass Report on Nursing. p. 8-9.
https://d3ms3kxrsap50t.cloudfront.net/uploads/publication/pdf/1848/Massachusetts_Report_on_Nursing_6_19.pdf
Poremba, B. (24 May 2019). GUEST COLUMN: Time to honor forgotten WWII nurses this Memorial Day. Wicked local Melrose.
https://melrose.wickedlocal.com/news/20190524/guest-column-time-to-honor-forgotten-wwii-nurses-this-memorial-day
Poremba, B (4 May 2018). Let's honor the women of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. Salem News.
Retrieved https://www.salemnews.com/opinion/columns/column-let-s-honor-the-women-of-the-u-s/article_94d65f3e-1560-5c28-a253-0e0d9be9c602.html
Scheible, S. (4 April 2019) Lawmakers renew bid to honor US Cadet Nurses. Stars and Stripes. Retrieved.
https://www.stripes.com/lawmakers-renew-bid-to-honor-us-cadet-nurses-1.575676?fbclid=IwAR1C4olxyTV78h0doWUbYchtQsjNohvZjgzxItwE_n6JJFqDHyJlJhGKfuc
Poremba, B (Mar 2019). Cadet nurse Dorothy “Dottie” Harrington Hall. Mass Report on Nursing.p. 2, 10.
https://d3ms3kxrsap50t.cloudfront.net/uploads/publication/pdf/1805/Massachusetts_Report_on_Nursing_3_19.pdf
Poremba, B (2018, Dec). Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps: Elizabeth “Betty” Damon Beecher. Massachusetts Report on Nursing.p 14-15. Retrieved https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.anamass.org/resource/resmgr/docs/NEWSLETTER_December_2018.pdf
Scheible, S. (6 Dec 2018). Weymouth woman, 94, cited for bill honoring wartime cadet nurses. The Patriot Ledger.
Retrieved. http://www.patriotledger.com/blogs/20181206/weymouth-woman-94-cited-for-bill-honoring-wartime-cadet-nurses
Sheridan, E.A. (Nov 4, 2018). Celebrating anniversary of US Cadet Nurse Corps. Mass Live. Retrieved. https://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/11/celebrating_anniversary_of_us.html?fbclid=IwAR2EeO80kLjn81TpFE2_pvrfOvXqWFaHA-TaMNZpMEilGrRromzUKxYN5cY
Sheridan, E.A. and Poremba, B (25 Oct 2018). An urgent campaign for veteran status. West Springfield Record. p. 1, 10.
Poremba, B (2018, Sept). Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps: Mary Schofield Maione. Massachusetts Report on Nursing.p 10-11. Retrieved https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.anamass.org/resource/resmgr/docs/september_2018_newslettr.pdf
MGH Nursing History Committee. (5 July 2018). 75th anniversary of the founding of the Cadet Nurse Corps. Caring Headlines.
https://www.mghpcs.org/caring/Assets/documents/issues/2018/July-5-2018.pdf#page=4
Poremba, B (2018, June). Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of the US Cadet Nurse Corps of 1943. Massachusetts Report on Nursing. p 7-8. Retrieved https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.anamass.org/resource/resmgr/docs/MARN_6_18_final.pdf
Lucy Sprague Frederiksen (2018, June 25). “WWII nurses honored at Wenham Tea House”. Salem Gazette. Retrieved http://salem.wickedlocal.com/news/20180625/wwii-nurses-honored-at-wenham-tea-house
Betty Beecher's story honors the Cadet Nurses. (28 May 2018). https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=-oEVA4MVKdk
Scheible, S. (28 May 2018). A good age: Betty Beecher, Weymouth honor Cadet Nurses. The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved
http://braintree.wickedlocal.com/news/20180528/good-age-betty-beecher-weymouth-honor-cadet-nurses
Poremba, B (4 May 2018). Let's honor the women of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. Salem News. Retrieved
https://www.salemnews.com/opinion/columns/column-let-s-honor-the-women-of-the-u-s/article_94d65f3e-1560-5c28-a253-0e0d9be9c602.html
Downing, R (7 Feb 2018). Cadet Nurse Corps bill deserves support. Salem News. Retrieved
https://www.salemnews.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/cadet-nurse-corps-bill-deserves-support/article_cf37bbd0-f6ad-57f3-9e70-2cc9005f7279.html
Our view: Cadet Nurse Corps deserves veteran status. (23 Jan 2018). Salem News. Retrieved
https://www.salemnews.com/opinion/editorials/our-view-cadet-nurse-corps-deserves-veteran-status/article_40066925-ecf4-52ca-8879-0f016f0d15a7.html
MacNeill, A (18 Jan 2018). Service with no benefits: Legislation filed to grant veterans status to WWII nurse corps. Salem News. Retrieved https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/service-with-no-benefits-legislation-filed-to-grant-veterans-status/article_367a4b8b-cd94-5809-9834-f8355017f325.html
Scheible, S. (2 July 2013). Former cadet nurses celebrate corps’ 70th anniversary in Quincy. The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved http://www.patriotledger.com/x853679989/Former-cadet-nurses-celebrate-corps-70th-anniversary-in-Quincy
Scheible, S. (14 April 2010). U.S. cadet nurses: Why are we so forgotten? The Patriot Ledger.
https://www.patriotledger.com/x53546422/U-S-cadet-nurses-Why-are-we-so-forgotten
Uek, K. (28 July 2009). Former workers, patients remember hospital created for WWII service members. Metro West.
https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20090728/NEWS/307289983
Uek, K. (26 July 2009) .World War II wounded arrived in Framingham 65 years ago. Milford Daily News. Retrieved
https://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20090726/NEWS/307269925
Scheible, S. (30 June 2009) GOOD AGE: Shirley Caswell Harrow of Quincy tirelessly campaigns for U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps “veterans”. The Patriot Ledger. https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20090630/NEWS/306309639
Missouri
Karins, J. (20 Aug 2018). U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps members seek veteran status. Columbia Daily Tribune.
https://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20180820/us-cadet-nurse-corps-members-seek-veteran-status
Cox, S. (21 June 2018). US Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved @ https://www.stltoday.com/pr/entertainment/us-cadet-nurse-corps-equityact/article_a35082f4-757b-11e8-9332-5cb9017befe8.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR31OMPDLdRjXeN7vtSR_UC4DMap2j-LRr5_388QM5EJ4lOdn4jzh_XyIWA
Schutte, J. (16 July 2018). Family working to recognize WWII Cadet Nurses as veterans. KTVO video. Available @ https://ktvo.com/news/local/family-working-to-recognize-wwii-cadet-nurses-as-veterans
Karins, J. (20 August 2018). U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps members seek veteran status. Kirksville Daily Express. Retrieved http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/news/20180820/us-cadet-nurse-corps-members-seek-veteran-status?fbclid=IwAR0gHAPONmBlOtp6VoGBmEgjZeZDqIlvt0I2N9CrOZN_FUCmcwfOLkaE
Update: McCaskill, Blunt would consider cadet nurse bill. (20 August 2018). Kirksville Daily Express. Retrieved http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/news/20180820/update-mccaskill-blunt-would-consider-cadet-nurse-bill
Montana
Monte, B, (2 April 2019). Bill to honor Cadet Nurse Corps women in WWII with honorary veteran status introduced. KURL8.com
https://www.kulr8.com/news/local/bill-to-honor-cadet-nurse-corps-women-in-wwii-with/article_cb5421ce-55c8-11e9-9133-07f37688dc9d.html
Lagge, M. (12 April 2019). Billings cadet nurse closely watching U.S. Senate bill that would grant her veteran status. KTVH MTN News.
https://ktvh.com/news/2019/04/12/billings-cadet-nurse-closely-watching-u-s-senate-bill-that-would-grant-her-veteran-status/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRFzLSJNn4o
New Jersey
Lieberman, J. (27 Feb 2015) Westfield Woman Who Served with US Cadet Nurse Corps in WWII Fights for Recognition
https://www.tapinto.net/articles/westfield-woman-who-served-with-us-cadet-nurse-co
Belcher, D. (March 2003). Nurses Making a Difference: Cadet Corps Seeks Congressional Recognition. AJN, American Journal of Nursing. Volume :103 Number 3 , page 130 - 131 [Free]
https://www.nursingcenter.com/journalarticle?Article_ID=405622&Journal_ID=54030&Issue_ID=405026
Satori, R. (Jan 2004). Great News for Cadet Nurses.
https://www.rpadden.com/nurses/cadets1.htm
New Hampshire
Claffey, J. (19 Mar 2010). Unacknowledged aid: Dover woman wants WWII Cadet Nurse Corps recognized as veterans.
https://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100319/GJNEWS_01/703199883/-1/FOSNEWS
New York
McIntyre, K. (Feb 2015). Army Nurse Cadets - A Fight For Justice. NY Lawyers with a purpose.
http://www.lawyerswithpurpose.com/pdfs/0215LWPNewsletter.pdf
Kakos, A. (5 July 2015). Letter: Give WW II nurse corps veteran status. Iohud.com
https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/07/05/veteran-status-world-war-ii-cadet-nurses/29518337/
Evans, M. (22 June 2014). Women who served in WWII Cadet Nurse Corps seek veterans status. Newsday Long Island.
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/women-who-served-in-wwii-cadet-nurse-corps-seek-veterans-status-1.8533771
Frenette, L. (12 Oct 2012). NYSUT retiree on a mission to see WW II cadet nurses recognized as veterans. New York State United Teachers
https://www.nysut.org/news/nysut-united/issues/2012/november-2012/nysut-retiree-on-a-mission-to-see-ww-ii-cadet-nurses-recognized-as-veterans
Bedell, C. (Dec 2012). Letter: Cadet nurses deserve support and recognition as veterans. New York State United Teachers
https://www.nysut.org/news/nysut-united/issues/2012/december-2012/letters--cadet-nurses-deserve-support-and-recognition-as-veterans
Sharp, C. (Dec 2012). Letter: Cadet nurses deserve support and recognition as veterans. New York State United Teachers
https://www.nysut.org/news/nysut-united/issues/2012/december-2012/letters--cadet-nurses-deserve-support-and-recognition-as-veterans
Pennsylvania
Stone, A. (20 May 2019). U.S. Reps Introduce Legislation to Honor Cadet Nurses. Voice: Oncology Nursing Society
https://voice.ons.org/advocacy/us-reps-introduce-legislation-to-honor-cadet-nurses
Sims. S. (20 June 2010). WWII Nurse Cadet Corps deserve proper recognition. Penn Live Patriot News.
https://www.pennlive.com/editorials/2010/06/wwii_nurse_cadet_crops_deserve.html
Tennessee
Houk,, R. (30 June 2019). Giving credit to those who served in U.S. Nurse Cadet Corps. Johnson City Press.
https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Government/2019/06/30/Giving-credit-to-the-service-of-U-S-Nurse-Cadet-Corps
Lowe, A. (16 June 2019). Remember the homefront nurses. Johnson City Press. Letter to Editor.
https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Letter-to-the-Editor/2019/06/16/Letters-How-would-Jesus-spend-175K
Houk, R, (4 Nov 2019). Nursing on the home front in WWII. Jonhson City Press.
https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/History/2018/11/04/Nursing-on-the-homefront-in-WWII
Keeling, J. (21 May 2015). Wartime, VA nurse Trudy Fann reflects on full life. Johnson City Press.
http://jcnewsandneighbor.com/wartime-va-nurse-trudy-fann-reflects-on-full-life/
KGH School of Nursing. (21 June 2014 KGH Graduates in the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps. Link to names of 123 Cadet Nurses.
http://kgh.knoxcotn.org/kgh-graduates-in-the-u-s-cadet-nurse-corps/
Washinton, DC
Eberlein, L. (18 April 2019). Making a Difference: The U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. National Women's History Museum
https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/making-difference-us-cadet-nurse-corps
Washinton State
Frink, A. (19 July 2010). Cadet Corps nurse seeking vet recognition. Chinook Observer.
https://www.chinookobserver.com/news/cadet-corps-nurse-seeking-vet-recognition/article_71db09c4-4478-5539-997e-b7ca77d9d03c.html
Wisconsin
Vian, J. (28 Jan 2018). Memorial in Veterans Freedom Park in La Crosse would honor U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. LaCrosse Tribune. Retrieved. https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/memorial-in-veterans-freedom-park-in-la-crosse-would-honor/article_cdea6916-cf3f-504f-8ce5-bacc82fb0ef3.html
Williams, B. (10 July 2018). “It’s the highlight of my life,” said La Crosse’s Marian Pavela, as Cadet Nurse Corps statue unveiled in her likeness. Retrieved. https://www.wizmnews.com/2018/07/10/it-s-the-highlight-of-my-life-said-la-crosse-s-marian-pavela-as-cadet-nurse-corps-statue-unveiled-in-her-likeness/
USA
April 2019) Bipartisan Bill Would Give WWII Cadet Nurses Veteran Status.
https://www.meetamerica.com/bipartisan-bill-would-give-wwii-cadet-nurses-veteran-status/