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Phoebe Yates Pember

Phoebe Yates Pember was a Richmond nurse during the Civil War. She served as the matron of Richmond's Chimborazo Hospital, reportedly the largest military hospital in the world in the 1860s.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Phoebe Yates Pember." (Viewed on December 11, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/phoebe-yates-pember>.