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- Dorothy Schroeder talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War Two. Schroeder says she graduated from nursing school in 1941 and after working as a civilian in Miami, was inducted into the Army on January 28, 1944. She says that she shipped to Liverpool and Glasgow with the 191st General Hospital in October 1944 and was later stationed in France, just outside of Paris at a former mental hospital. She remembers treating casualties from the Battle of the Bulge, meeting her future husband in an operating room, site-seeing along the Riviera, sailing on the Mediterranean, visiting Lourdes, and attending a memorial service for President Roosevelt in Notre Dame Cathedral in April 1945. Schroeder says that she shipped back to the States in January 1946, was discharged that February, later married, started a family and worked at the Saint Joseph Infirmary in Louisville, KY for many years. Schroeder is interviewed by Jean T. Campbell.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Hall of Fame basketball player, entrepreneur and activist Earvin "Magic" Johnson, urges young Americans to get covered with the Affordable Care Act. Johnson recounts his own health issues including injuries and an HIV Positive diagnosis. He advocates for regular check-ups and early detection.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius make remarks on the 25th annual World AIDS Day. Obama announces the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will invest $100 million over the next three years to launch a new HIV cure initiative. Kerry talks about international efforts to combat the disease. Sebelius talks about expanded coverage for AIDS patients under the Affordable Care Act. Held in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-12-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1975-10-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama talks about the Affordable Care Act on the fifth anniversary of it being signed into law. Obama discusses the benefits which the health care law has provided and criticizes Republicans for trying to repeal the law.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Prudence Burns Burrell talks about enlisting in the the United States Army Nurse Corps as a registered nurse in 1942 and her service during World War Two in medical units in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. She also talks about the racism she experienced while in the Army, and marrying a medical administrator with whom she worked in the Philippines in a wedding dress made from a parachute.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-03-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama, keynote speaker at the Catholic Health Association's annual membership assembly, talks about the future of health care and the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the U.S. economy and in people's lives.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-06-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lynette tells of being hired in February 1985 shortly after nursing school. Lynette describes working conditions, antiquated equipment, supply shortages and treating the UAW Fisher workers for a range of maladies with unorthodox methods. She comments on the effect unionizing the nurses had on working conditions. She also talks about normal hazing of new nurses.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-08-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Representative James Cooper outlines his health care reform package to a gathering of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He outlines the similarities and differences with President Clinton's bill and asks doctors to share their savings with the health care consumers.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama talks about the heath care needs of injured veterans and their families that will be addressed by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act and then signs the bill. Obama says that the bill improves health care services for veterans and provides assistance and training to those who provide care to wounded veterans.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-05-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection