Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee
Subject(s): Nurses, Portraits, United States. Navy Nurse Corps
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Photograph of Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee in a naval uniform.
Comments and Context
Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee was one of the first twenty female Navy nurses in a group otherwise known as the “Sacred Twenty” of the Navy Nurse Corps. The Corps was established on May 13, 1908 via the Naval Appropriations Bill, signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Higbee would serve as the second Superintendent from January 20, 1911 to November 30, 1922. During her tenure, she led the Navy Nurse Corps through World War I and the 1918 influenza pandemic, as well as oversaw a drastic increase in nurses in the Corps during this time. She was the first female Navy veteran to win the Navy Cross non-posthumously and was the first female Navy veteran to have a ship named after her– the USS Higbee— in 1945.
Collection
Naval History and Heritage Command
Creation Date
Unknown
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Unknown
Page Count
1
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Record Type
Image
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee. [n.d.]. Naval History and Heritage Command.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o311951. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee. [n.d.]. Image.
Naval History and Heritage Command. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o311951.
APA:
Unknown., [n.d.]. Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee.
Naval History and Heritage Command. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o311951.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Naval History and Heritage Command. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/naval-history-and-heritage-command. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Naval History and Heritage Command. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/naval-history-and-heritage-command.
APA:
Naval History and Heritage Command. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/naval-history-and-heritage-command.
