American Red Cross “Gray Ladies” Graduating Class
Group photograph of the “Gray Ladies”, 38 of whom received certificates at the Post Hospital of Camp Atterbury on July 1, 1943. The “Gray Ladies” as they were called by wounded soldiers during World War I for the color of their uniforms, were American Red Cross volunteers who worked in American hospitals during times of war and disaster, most notably World War II.
Appearing in the image (left to right): front row – Mary K. Hemphill (from Franklin, IN), Verne W. Vandivier (Franklin, IN), Colonel Welton M. Modisette (post commander), Colonel Charles S. Hendricks (camp surgeon), Lieutenant Colonel Royal G. Grossman (commanding officer, Post Hospital), Elizabeth J. Bardes (assistant field director,, Red Cross), Helen S. Carpenter (Columbus, IN), Earlyn H. Young (Columbus, IN), and Carrie E. Shuck (Franklin, IN); second row – Ruth F. Lentz (Franklin, IN), Carrie G. Banta (Franklin, IN), Maude T. Scott (Franklin, IN), Ella I. Overshiner (Columbus, IN), Pheriba W. Doeln (Edinburg, IN), Kathryn D. Ludlow (Columbus, IN), Lorene T. Powell (Columbus, IN), Lucy Brent Graham (Columbus, IN), and Vivian M. Beatty (Columbus, IN); third row – Hester B. Foulke (Columbus, IN), Virginia H. Hendricks (Franklin, IN), Katherine G. Dunn (Trafalgar, IN), Mary H. Vandivier (Franklin, IN), Ellen P. Andrews (Franklin, IN), Elizabeth F. Scott (Franklin, IN), Olive W. Core (Franklin, IN), Dorothy S. Baker (Columbus, IN), and Marie S. Reevers (Columbus, IN); fourth row – Maxine V. Dunlap (Columbus, IN), Josephine D. Davies (Edinburg, IN), Louise A. Farr (Edinburg, IN), Alice S. Hickey (Edinburg, IN), Mary Ann P. Hunter (Edinburg, IN), Georgiana M. Breeding (Edinburg, IN) Ruth H. Harris (Columbus, IN), and Lorene G. Essex (Columbus, IN).
