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This oral history was completed with Genevieve (Jenny) Williams about her older sister Stella Jedrziewski Wawrynovic, a 1940 graduate of Jefferson's Nursing Training School.
Stella Jedrziewski Wawrynovic was born in Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania to Polish immigrants. Her parents championed the importance of education for all of their children, and so when the oldest daughter Stella graduated from high school in 1936 she moved to Philadelphia to pursue a nursing degree at Jefferson's Nursing School. She began her career at Jefferson before joining the Army during WWII to work as a nurse. After the war she returned to Jefferson, where she continued working until she married Frank Wawrynovic in 1949. Though she spent much of her remaining career working for her husband's business, she was always proud of being a Jefferson nurse. Upon her death in 2013 the Stella Jedrziewski Wawrynovic, DN ’39 Scholarship was created to support Jefferson College of Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students who demonstrate academic excellence.
Publication Date
10-6-2015
City
Indiana, PA
Keywords
Jefferson Training School for Nurses, alumni, women, oral histories, nursing, WWII, diploma nurse
Disciplines
Nursing | Oral History
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce these oral histories must be obtained in writing from the Thomas Jefferson University Archives and Special Collections. No use (beyond limited quotation) should be made of the transcripts of these interviews without authorization.
Processing Information
Oral history was edited by Kelsey Duinkerken, November 2015
Provenance
Interview was conducted by Kelsey Duinkerken with Jenny Williams on October 5, 2015
Recommended Citation
Williams, Genevieve Jedrziewski and Duinkerken, Kelsey, "Stella Jedrziewski Wawrynovic" (2015). Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories. 1.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/nursing_oral_histories/1
Comments
DISCLAIMER: These oral histories express the personal views, memories, and opinions of the interviewee. They do not represent the policy, views, or official history of Thomas Jefferson University.