Flikke, Julia Otteson (1879–1965)
Flikke, Julia Otteson (1879–1965)
American superintendent of Army Nurse Corps. Born Julia Otteson, Mar 16, 1879, in Viroqua, Wisconsin; died Feb 23, 1965, in Washington, DC; dau. of Solfest and Kristi Severson Otteson; m. Arne T. Flikke, 1901 (died 1911); graduate of Augustana Hospital's School of Nursing in Chicago, 1915; attended Columbia University Teachers College, 1916.
Married and soon widowed, joined Army Nurse Corps during WWI and was stationed with American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in France; stationed at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC (1925–37), before being assigned to office of surgeon general with rank of captain; became superintendent of Army Nurse Corps with rank of major; promoted to colonel (1942).
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