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Visit Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee Grave, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee is in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, February 26, 2018.
McGee was the first woman U.S. Army surgeon in 1898 and founder of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in 1901.
As founder and Director of the Daughters of the American Revolution Hospital Corps (DAR), she trained volunteer nurses for army and navy service after the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898.
McGee's organizing ability led to her appointment as the only woman Acting Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army on August 29, 1898, and she was placed in charge of the Army's nurses under the Army Surgeon General's Department.
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