Interview with Dorothy Farmer, September 12, 2015
Project: Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project
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In this interview with Dorothy Farmer she describes her early life in Nebraska, her career in nursing, and her enlistment in the Army Corps of Nurses. She talks about raising her children, and the grief of losing her daughter at age 58. She describes her philosophy of aging, and her readiness for death.Interview Accession
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Childhood Hospice care--Kentucky. Nurses Nursing Religion World War, 1939-1945--WomenInterview Rights
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Farmer, Dorothy Interview by Diane Muñoz. 12 Sep. 2015. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Farmer, D. (2015, September 12). Interview by D. Muñoz. Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Farmer, Dorothy, interview by Diane Muñoz. September 12, 2015, Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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