Josephine Ruth Sullivan
Kentucky Post, Friday, 16 March 1917, page 1
Miss Etta Deutschbein, who has been head nurse and anesthetist at Speers Hospital, Dayton, for a number of years, resigned Friday to take up private nursing. Misses Josephine Sullivan, Margaret Kautz and Katherine Sagemeister, in this year's graduating class, are acting as nurses for the present.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 23 May 1917, page 4
Graduation exercises for nurses at Speers Hospital will be held Wednesday evening in the hospital auditorium. The graduates are: Mildred M Chalfonte, Anna E Osterberger, Margaret E Kautz, Josephine Ruth Sullivan, Catherine Sagmeister.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 24 May 1917, page 4
Dr. J O Jenkins, president of the hospital staff, presented diplomas to the following graduating nurses of Speers Memorial hospital, Dayton, Wednesday night:
Miss Margaret Kautz, Miss Katherine Shagmeister, Miss Josephine Sullivan, Miss Anna Osterberger and Miss Mildred Chalfonte.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 6 September
1917, page 4
The Training School for Nurses will open the first Monday in
October at Speers Hospital, Dayton, Miss Sophie Steinhauer, superintendent of
the hospital announced Thursday.
Miss Steinhauer and two nurses Miss Josephine Sullivan and Miss Margaret Kautz, leave Sunday for Louisville to attend the session of the State Board of Examiners. The two nurses will take the examination.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 8 September 1917, page 1
Josephine Sullivan and Margaret Koutz in the graduating class of 17 of Speers Hospital Memorial Hospital, Dayton, returned Friday from Louisville, where they were examined by the State Board of Graduate Nurse Examiners. They were accompanied by Miss Sophie Steinhauer, superintendent at the hospital, who is on the state board.
Miss Sullivan and Koutz are the first graduate nurses from Speers to take the examination. A law passed by the last Legislature requires all nurses to take this examination before they can practice in Kentucky.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 4 March 1918, page 1
Exercises will be held Wednesday, March 20, for graduates of Speers Hospital, Dayton, instead of May 8, because several members of the class are to go to France with Kentucky Base Hospital Unit No 40, now being mobilized at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville.
Anna Pracht, Delila Sparks and Marie Simon, members of the 1918 class will go to France for service with the Kentucky unit. Josephine Sullivan, graduate nurse, will also go. Bertha McClain and Rose Neiser, graduates left with a Cincinnati unit several weeks ago. Christine Fortlage and Charlotte Willis, members of this years graduating class are not contemplating foreign service because they expect to do cantonment work in this country.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 18 June 1918, page 4
Nine registered nurses have volunteers for Red Cross service from Campbell co. Harry Gunkel Jr. director of the recent campaign, announces. Thus Campbell co. again "goes over the top" in a war campaign for Uncle Sam. The quota was eight. These nine signed up:
Minta White, Alexandria; Ruby Pinkerton, Alexandria; Christina Fortlage, Florence Mahatha and Susanna Salt, all of Newport; Katherine Quaign and Olive Soden, Bellevue; Josephine Sullivan and Mary Kreidler, Dayton.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 16 September 1919, page 4
The date of Dayton's homecoming celebration has been changed from Sept 27 to Oct 1, the committee announced Monday. The names of the girls who served in France with the Red Cross, either as nurses or canteen workers, will adorn the tablet along with the names of the soldiers.
They are, Anna Pracht, Marie Simon, Delilah Sparks, Josephine Sullivan, Olive Soden, Etta Haverkamp, Susie Salt, Gertrude Buch, Rose Neiser, Eliza K Thomas, Pearl Hoffman, Edna Holztworth and Mary Kreidler.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 22 September 1919, page 4
The bronze tablet which will be unveiled in Dayton public square Oct 4, will bear the names of soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses who went out from Dayton to do their bit in the war.
Josephine Sullivan
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Josephine Ruth Sullivan was born 17 Sep 1897 in Campbell County, and in 1900 was in Grants Lick with her mother, Hanora (Rodgers) Sullivan. She served as a US Army Nurse during World War I. Women in these roles were not recognized by the Army as veterans until 1978, when Congress approved veteran status for women who served in the war.
Josephine married Dwight Molyneaux Ervin 18 June 1919 in Dayton Ky. She died 15 July 1988 in San Diego California.