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Phoebe Yates Pember

Civil War Nurse. Phoebe Yates Pember . Birth and Family. Phoebe Yates Levy was born on August 18, 1823 . She was born in Charleston, South Carolina as the fourth out of seven children. Her parents were Jacob Levy and Phoebe Yates. The Levy family was wealthy and very socially prominent.

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Phoebe Yates Pember

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  1. Civil War Nurse Phoebe Yates Pember

  2. Birth and Family • Phoebe Yates Levy was born on August 18, 1823 • She was born in Charleston, South Carolina as the fourth out of seven children • Her parents were Jacob Levy and Phoebe Yates • The Levy family was wealthy and very socially prominent • The Levy family was Jewish

  3. Marriage • Phobe married Thomas Pember who was from Boston • Thomas Pember was not Jewish • Thomas Pember died shortly after their marriage

  4. Civil war nursing • When the Civil War started Phoebe received an offer to work as a nurse at Chimborazo Military Hospital • Phoebe administered medication, assisted surgeons in operations, patching wounds and caring for patients. Often, she simply served as a final companion to the dying - writing letters, reading stories, playing cards, talking

  5. Chimborazo Military Hospital • Chimborazo Hospital was the largest military hospital in the world at that time. • At Chimborazo there were severe shortages of personnel, medicine, food, and equipment • There were also primitive facilities, unsanitary conditions,and undeveloped scientific knowledge of medical treatments

  6. A Southern Woman's STORY • After the Civil War ended Phoebe wrote a book about the hardships of life in Confederate Richmond • The book was first published in 1879 • Civil War historian Douglas SouthallFreeman said her book is "the most realistic treatment of the war" ever published

  7. Death • Died on March 4, 1913 • Died of breast cancer • Is buried at the Laurel Grove Cemetery

  8. Citations • http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/phoebepember.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Grove_Cemetery • http://www.google.com • http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11772346

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