- Collection:
- Southern Nursing Collection
- Title:
- Bernice Dixon Oral History Interview, May 7, 2015
- Creator:
- Dixon, Bernice
- Contributor to Resource:
- Drummond, Traci
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2015-05-07
- Subject:
- Nurses
Nursing--Study and teaching
Hospitals--Administration
College integration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Bernice Killcrease Dixon was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia on March 6, 1922. She grew up on a farm. Dixon attended Grady Hospital School of Nursing beginning in 1942. She worked in Grady Hospital as a student nurse and later became a teacher and administrator at the nursing school.
Dixon discusses the various nursing positions she held throughout her career, including working as the director of the school of nursing at Grady Hospital. She also discusses the history of the Grady Hospital School of Nursing, including the school's integration in the 1960s, the evolution of the nursing profession, and other topics. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/sonurse/id/4459
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Bernice Dixon, interviewed by Traci Drummond, May 7, 2015. Grady Hospital School of Nursing Oral Histories, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Extent:
- 02:00:44
- Original Collection:
- Grady School of Nursing Oral History Project
Southern Labor Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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