Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittrran
even back in the Hemdon's dry goods store. Sue Trotter this young,
nice clerk, was neighbor who was ngt forerunner that i I -forerunner
(chuckle) is funny about that-- and the little love lettp that I
ca~rried between the cashier and the lady, you know. Sheijust died &
I
few months ago.
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Q. Your title was Executive Dbector of Nurse Placemnt Service 4
Chicago. Is that correct?
A. Yes.
Q. And you were there from January 1, 1938 to October,
have any training for that? Did they get you together a
you about the job?
A. Oh, yes, I would have interviews. You mean for myse
have interviews before I would accept-a job.
Q. No, I mean after you had the job, didn't they send y
sity?
945. Did kou
all to teJl
f? I would
u to a univer-
A. Well, the only case was that of this Illinois becaus
going to be a special session for these different direct
they don't call them directors, gosh, I've forgotten, it
counselor. I was vocational counselor, I think that's w
But we were very anxious to keep the matter of counselin
We had this opportunity if they weren't prepared for wha
to do you would know because of your various, oh, there
contacts, nany of which were in your life before you ent
work.
Q. CoUld you review again for IE the situation in Chica
a natirmal organization is tyt right?
A. No, the Wse Place
t
Sen4 e was not intended to be a
was intended to be a midwest vision, these five states
Q. Which five?
A. Well, that's what I was of thinking about. The
Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois think, yes, I think Indi
in it. Yes, I'm pretty
were but I can't say p
it was only four in owl I guess rJlissouri . .
there was
rs, or a person
was a vocational
?re you start.
the nurses.
they wanted
=I--@ many, many
red vocational
Now, I think it was strange. I set out to be a speciali t pediatric
nursing, although I had a general three post graduate co rses. My general
wasn't enough to suit me and I had them in my specialty, but I picked up
a lot of other informtion in a pat big city hospital ike Bellvue, New
York, and John's Hopkins. But the Boston Floating Hospl sl was the only
one that was strictly children, well, mstly infants the were really.
But 1 had a general knowledge of institutional work thro gh my Boston
Floating Hospital since I was the head nurse there and a supervisor and
an instructor, then different smers that I worked.
3. It had been
national. It
2 was Michigan,
na, was partly
sitively. Maybe
~?11, it could