Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Civic & Community
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
acwh003
IDEntry
2651
Creator
Text and photograph - Albert Feldstein
Collection Location
Allegany County, Maryland
Coverage
Allegany County, Maryland
Body
Sydnia Jane Hill is considered to be the first community nurse in Mount Savage. On her tombstone in the St Patrick's cemetery in Mount Savage is written, “she lived and died in service for humanity.”
Another Mount Savage resident, Margaret Schaffer, is believed to have been the first registered nurse in Maryland.