mnsss516 Fannie Clement Papers, 1912-1941 Finding Aid Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

2012

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 13.0. Encoded by Margaret Jessup. February 20, 2012 Finding aid written in English. Collection Overview Clement, Fannie F. Fannie Clement Papers1912-1941 MS 643 1 box (.5 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

WWI relief worker; Nurse. The papers include correspondence, reports, papers, and pamphlets relating to Clement's administration of the American Red Cross rural nursing progam in Appalachia, circa 1912-1917, and various of accounts of her visits to impoverished communities in that area. There is also correspondence from Clement to her family while working with the Smith College Relief Unit in Grécourt, France, after World War I (1919). Biographical Note

Fannie Fletcher Clement was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, circa 1881, the daughter of Maria Edwards and Dr. George Clement. She graduated from Smith College in 1903. Her father advised her not to become a doctor because it was "too difficult for a woman" so she became a nurse instead and worked for a number of years with the American Red Cross and was director of the ARC Town and Country Nursing Service in rural Appalachia, including Eastern Kentucky, circa 1912-17. In 1919, Clement joined the Smith College Relief Unit in Grecourt, France. In the 1930s she lived in Pelham, New Hampshire. In 1949 she retired to Florida where she died in 1950.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The papers include correspondence, reports, papers, and pamphlets relating to Clement's administration of the American Red Cross rural nursing progam in Appalachia, circa 1912-1917, and various of accounts of her visits to impoverished communities in that area. There is also correspondence from Clement to her family while working with the Smith College Relief Unit in Grécourt, France, after World War I (1919).

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The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection with the following caveat: collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.

The Sophia Smith Collection owns copyright to the unpublished works created by Fannie Clement in this collection. Copyright to materials authored by others may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

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Fannie Clement Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

The Fannie Clement Papers were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection by Thomas Greene in 2009.

Accessioned by Burd Schlessinger, July 2009

Appalachian region -- Social conditions Nurses -- United States -- Biography -- Sources Rural health services -- Appalachian Region World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- France -- Personal narratives, American Clement, Fannie F. American Red Cross