Cordelia E. Cook Explained

Cordelia E. Cook
Birth Date:	March 17, 1919
Birth Place:	Fort Thomas, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Place:	Upper Arlington, Ohio, U.S.
Resting Place:	Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Campbell County, Kentucky, US
Occupation:	registered nurse

Cordelia Elizabeth Cook (March 17, 1919 – June 19, 1996) was an American combat nurse in the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War II. She was the first woman in the U.S. Army to receive both the Bronze Star Medal award and the Purple Heart.

Early life

Cook went by the name "Betty".

Military duty

Cook attended the Christ Hospital School of Nursing in Cincinnati, Ohio. She continued her nursing duties in World War II in the Presenzano sector at the Italian front. She received a Bronze Star Medal award for her service, being the first woman to receive the award.^[1]

Bibliography

• Book: Frank, Lisa Tendrich. An Encyclopedia of American Women at War. 2013. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-59884-444-3. 161.
• Book: Jackson, Kathi. They Called Them Angels: American Military Nurses of World War II. 2006. U of Nebraska Press. 0-8032-7627-3.
• Book: Loomis, William Raymond. Fighting firsts. 1958. Vantage Press.

Further reading

• Book: Baron, Scott. They Also Served: Military Biographies of Uncommon Americans. 1998. Military Information Enterprises. 978-1-877639-37-1.
• Book: Commire. Anne. Klezmer. Deborah. Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2007. Yorkin Publications. 9780787676773.
• Book: Read. Phyllis J.. Witlieb. Bernard L.. The Book of Women's Firsts: Breakthrough Achievements of Almost 1,000 American Women. 1992. Random House Information Group. 978-0-679-40975-5.
• Book: Robinson, Victor . White caps: the story of nursing .... 1946. Lippincott.
• Columbus Dispatch newspaper (Columbus, Ohio) - Thursday, June 20, 1996 - obituary, p. 7F

External links

• Cordelia Cook

Find-A-Grave.com listing

Notes and References

1. Web site: World War II Honoree . 2003 . National World War II Memorial . American Battle Monuments Commission; National Archives and Records Administration . 30 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201232639/http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=2383494&popcount=1&tcount=1 . 1 February 2014 . dead .