Stella Garza

Name/Title

Stella Garza

Entry/Object ID

2018.003.002b

Description

Photo of Stella (Alamia) Garza in nursing uniform Garza graduated from Edinburg High School in 1942 and went immediately to nursing school at the McAllen Municipal Hospital, graduating in 1945. According to family members, she was one of only five women in her graduating class from the hospital. After graduation she continued working at the McAllen hospital, and she was subsequently a nurse at Grandview Hospital in Edinburg, a school nurse in the La Joya and Edinburg districts for more than 20 years, and a visiting nurse.

Collection

Formidable Females

Acquisition

Accession

2018.003

Source or Donor

Frances Garza

Acquisition Method

Donation