Julia Susan Wheelock Freeman[1] (1833-1900) was an American missionary, who was known as the "Florence Nightingale of Michigan". She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
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| Born | October 7, 1833 Avon, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 7, 1900 (aged 66) Quincy, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Kalamazoo College |
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Porter C. Freeman (m. 1873) |
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Biography
editFreeman was born in Avon, Ohio, on October 7, 1833.[2] She attended classes at Kalamazoo College, and became a teacher in Palo, Michigan. During the American Civil War, upon realizing that her brother, Orville was injured, Freeman traveled to Washington, D.C. to nurse him. However, his wounds were severe enough that he died before she arrived. Freeman decided to remain in D.C. nonetheless, and nurse soldiers. From September 1862 to July 1865, she was a nurse, working with the Michigan Soldiers Relief Association to aid soldiers. She briefly spent time back in Michigan as a result of contracting typhoid fever, during which she raised funds for her work. On May 28, 1873, she married Porter C. Freeman. In 1870, she published a collection of memoirs titled The Boys in White.[2]
She died in Quincy, Illinois on June 7, 1900.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ The Boys in White, by Mrs. Julia Susan Wheelock Freeman]
- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VII. James T. White & Company. 1897. p. 505. Retrieved February 28, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Julia Wheelock". Civil War Women. October 20, 2006. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ "Julia Freeman" (PDF). Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Obituary". Springfield News-Leader. June 13, 1900. p. 8. Retrieved February 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.