Emma Green (nurse)
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Emma Green, a southern belle, volunteered as a nurse when the Union seized her family's hotel to serve as a hospital, during the American Civil War.[1]
Prior to the Civil War Green attended the exclusive Wentworth Seminary for Young Ladies.[2]
In 2016 the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre broadcast a six part series based on the hospital in the Green family hotel.[1][3][4]
The historical Emma Green was also the sweetheart of Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Stringfellow, a Confederate spy.[1] The couple wed, after the war.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Madison-born actress stars in new PBS Civil War drama, 'Mercy Street', Clipper Star Exponent, 2015-05-22. Retrieved on 2016-01-19. “Green was the consummate Southern belle who, distressed at the treatment of Confederate wounded, volunteered as a nurse at Mansion House Hospital, established by the Union on the site of her family's luxury hotel in Alexandria. She was also the sweetheart of Confederate spy Frank Stringfellow, a Culpeper County native. After the war, the two married and lived at Woodberry Forest School, a few miles from where James' training as an actress took root.”
- ↑ Sneak peek Friday of PBS drama featuring Madison-born actress, Clipper Star Exponent, 2015-11-05. Retrieved on 2016-01-19. “Her character, Emma, is the oldest daughter of the prominent Green family of Alexandria, where they once owned the luxurious Mansion House Hotel that became a Union hospital during the Civil War. Emma, in addition, was the sweetheart of Culpeper County’s own Confederate scout, Frank Stringfellow, played by Jack Falahee in the series. As the war encroaches on her family business, Emma decides to become a volunteer nurse.”
- ↑ Andrew Stone. A Star from the start, New You magazine., 2015-12-26. Retrieved on 2016-01-19.