Elizabeth Warren: Silver City pioneer and hospital founder
Born in Brooklyn, she married Orange Scott Warren and arrived in Lordsburg in 1882 before settling in Silver City [1][3]. At age 27, she helped organize a hospital in the rough mining camp and assisted at the first operation there, holding a lamp for four hours [2][5]. She co-founded the Grant County Charity Hospital Society, which secured legislative funding for the institution [4].
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- Elizabeth Warren, nee von \\ achcnhuscn, was… (1889)Elizabeth Warren, nee von \\ achcnhuscn, was born in Brooklyn, and there as a young woman married Orange Scott Warren. He and his young wife lived in and traveled in many places, Arkansas. Central America, Cali…
- Elizabeth Warren was 27 when she helped to… (1889)Elizabeth Warren was 27 when she helped to organize a hospital in the rough mining camp that was Silver City and assisted at the first operation there. She saw that seed grow into the fine Silver City General…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-12-27 (1889)lity, with an en- veloping interest in others. I afterwards learned that she used the mascu- line signature and adopted the masculine attitude in order to emphasize her responsibility as school superintendent. W…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-12-27 (1889)ery and the fertile river bottoms, the breadth of soul which comes from the abundant challenge of forest-land and mineral formations and cattle ranges. On such a stage she knew that only great drama could be…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-12-27 (1889)strain on her arms became a terrible ache; she trembled, the precious spot of light left its target at times, and the doctor swore tremen- dously. Four hours of time did that, the first operation in Silver …