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Irish nurse in the American Revolutionary War
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Mary Waters was a native of Dublin who was a prominent nurse in the United States forces during the American Revolutionary War.She migrated to Philadelphia in 1766.She worked closely with Benjamin Rush and in 1791 he wrote notes for a planned biography of her.He praised her for her professionalism and her deference to doctors.
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- Catholic history article on Waters
- Kerber, Linda K. Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1980. p. 74.
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