Mary Waters

Mary Waters was a native of Dublin who was a prominent nurse in the United States forces during the American Revolutionary War. She migrated to Philadelphia in 1766. She worked closely with Benjamin Rush and in 1791 he wrote notes for a planned biography of her. He praised her for her professionalism and her deference to doctors. Sources Catholic history article on Waters Kerber, Linda K. Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1980. p. 74. References 18th-century births Year of death unknown Health professionals from Dublin (city) American nurses American women nurses Female wartime nurses Irish emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies People from Philadelphia People of Pennsylvania in the American Revolution Women in the American Revolution People of colonial Pennsylvania