Editha Anderson Shaw was born March 20, 1924 in the Bronx, New York. During high school, Shaw worked as a switchboard operator for AT&T. After graduation, Shaw worked full time at AT&T for a short time before joining the US Cadet Nurse Corps in June 1944. In the Cadet Nurse Corps, Shaw studied nursing at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, Virginia, graduating in 1947. Her specialty was in psychiatry. After the war, Shaw continued working as a nurse for forty years.
Editha Anderson Shaw Collection
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Photograph of Editha Anderson Shaw (second from right) with other Cadet Nurses, taken approximately 1944 – 1946. Shaw gave this photograph the caption, “Probies again!” “Probies” refers to the initial nine-month training period all Cadet Nurses underwent.
Editha Anderson Shaw Collection
3.5” x 2.5”
Photograph of Editha Anderson Shaw with fellow nurses in uniform, taken approximately 1944 – 1946. Shaw stands front and center.
Editha Anderson Shaw Collection
11” x 7.5”
This pamphlet produced by the Riverside Hospital School of Nursing in Newport News, Virginia explains the hospital’s fees and policies for student nurses. Editha Anderson Shaw studied as a Cadet Nurse at this hospital from 1944 – 1947.
Editha Anderson Shaw Collection
9.5” x 7.5”
Photograph of the Riverside Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1947. Shaw is absent from this photograph.
in her own words:
Below, listen to excerpts of an oral history conducted with Editha Anderson Shaw.
