The telegram from 1922 provides an insight into the constant battle for nursing inclusion.
While not yet identified, this telegram could relate to the use of funds to provide housing and stipends for nurses through the Public Health Service Corps, which was being discussed on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on January 7, 1922. It could also be an amendment to the tax law being discussed on January 16, 1922, which was to cut taxes in half for the first thousand dollars of income earned by those engaged in trades and professions.
If you are a history buff, research guru, or just curious about the path that led Nursing in New Mexico to its current place in time, reach out to the NM Nurses Association to join our History of Nursing project by contacting dwalker@nmna.org
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
