Elinor Delight Gregg, R.N., the first Supervisor of Nurses for the
Indian Service, holds the microphone and begins to speak. Her
memories--vivid with details of 80 years of an independent woman's
life of adventure, frustration, triumphs, and personal commitment
to caring--begin to fill the first tape. She wonders how the two
University of New Mexico nursing students, Melody Johnson and Alice
Fryer, can possibly benefit from what she has to say. Her stories
tell of times far before they were born--of miles she traveled
through World War I, on Indian Reservations, in Washington, D.C.,
and all the journeys between and since. But as always, since she's
agreed to help, she will. Melody and Alice want to learn from
Elinor's experiences, but conflicts and questions about marriage,
the Vietnam War, commitment, women's roles, adventure, and about
the type of nurses they'll become threaten to distract them. Can
Elinor Gregg help them find answers? And, once when they visit her
in Santa Fe, another question arises--what is the purpose of the
basket full of stones "Aunt El" keeps near her chair? This
thoroughly researched true biography set within a fictional
relationship between Elinor Gregg and two University of New Mexico
nursing students in the summer of 1966 will instruct readers
interested in nursing, gerontology, history, and the Women's
Movement, and will fascinate the general reader who enjoys a good
story. Edwina McConnell, a nurse consultant and nurse educator,
maintained a career-long interest in the life of Elinor D. Gregg,
R.N., the figure about whose life this book revolves. McConnell
first studied Gregg as a figure in nursing history during her
undergraduate education. Fascinated by the spirit and character of
this pioneering nurse, she collected primary and secondary research
materials toward a biography for many years. The biography of
Elinor Gregg was the focus of her work at the time of her death in
2002. Teddy Jones is a nurse practitioner and nurse educator whose
initial collaboration in this project was limited to critical
reading of the developing manuscript and encouragement for her
friend and colleague, McConnell. She also made a promise to
complete the work should anything happen to prevent McConnell from
doing so. Jones' participation as co-author began when McConnell
bequeathed her the research material and the partial manuscript. Or
perhaps it began when she made that promise. Both McConnell (BSN,
MSN, Ph.D.) and Jones (BSN, MSN, Ph.D.) have numerous publications
in nursing and health care. This is their first work of
biographical fiction.
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