Nurse began at hospital in WWII. At 97, she still works there

Nurse began at hospital in WWII. At 97, she still works there
Grace Carr (left) with her daughter Grace Loring, a retired paediatric nurse, at St Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus. (Image: Anita Sergent)
The Washington Post
By Cathy Free Grace Carr was 17 when she left her family home in the coal town of Freeland, Pennsylvania, to pursue a dream she’d had since she was five years old.“Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be a nurse and work in a hospital,” said Carr, who, as a child, spent hours wrapping her dolls in bandages and taking their temperatures. “There was never any question that I would do anything else.” Eighty years later, Carr, now 97, is still at it, working exactly where she started: St Luke’s S...

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