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Katherine Prescott Wormeley (January 14, 1830 – August 4, 1908) was an American nurse in the Civil War, author, editor, and translator of French language literary works. Her first name is frequently spelled as "Katharine". ==Biography== Born in Ipswich,〔 Suffolk, England, the daughter of a naval officer, Katherine Prescott Wormeley emigrated to the United States at a young age. During the American Civil War, she, with noted landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted and the Rev. Henry Bellows, played a role in the work of the United States Sanitary Commission, a civilian agency set up to coordinate the volunteer efforts of women and men who wanted to contribute to the war effort. The Commission was a volunteer affiliate of the Union Army. She served as a nurse with the Commission and was later head nurse at the Army Hospital at Portsmouth Grove near Newport, Rhode Island. For a time she lived in Newport in a cottage build by Stanford White that was next door to John La Farge's house.〔LaFarge, John, S.J. ''The Manner Is Ordinary''. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954, pp. 41-42.〕 Katherine Prescott Wormeley died on August 4, 1908 at her summer home in Jackson, New Hampshire. She is buried in the Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katherine Prescott Wormeley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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