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Keywords
Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Society of Chicago, Lutheran General Hospital
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Park Ridge, IL: Collected in 1985, this book "was intended to be a human narrative - a combination of historical detail and personal insight" on the Deaconesses who served in Chicago and the surrounding area.
The historical role of Deaconesses is detailed along with their movement into the American Midwest in the 1800s. Deaconesses served at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge into the 1980s.
Date
1985
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Please credit Advocate Aurora Health as the source of this material.