Myn M. Hoffman (1883-1951) was the fourth Superintendent of the

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Early life

Hoffman was born in

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on May 12, 1883. After several years as an educator, she attended St. Joseph's Hospital Training School for Nurses in

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, graduating in 1915.

Career

Hoffman entered the

Navy Nurse Corps The United States Navy Nurse Corps was officially established by Congress in 1908; however, unofficially, women had been working as nurses aboard Navy ships and in Navy hospitals for nearly 100 years. The Corps was all-female until 1965. Pre-19 ...

in February 1917 and was promoted to Chief Nurse two years later. During the First World War and in the post-war era, she served at several naval hospitals, including that at Washington, D.C. In 1934, Chief Nurse Hoffman was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the

and became the Corps' fourth Superintendent in January 1935.Profile
history.navy.mil. Accessed March 10, 2024. She retired from the Navy in October 1938. When Navy Nurses were included in the Navy's ranking system, she received the rank of Lieutenant Commander in recognition of her service as Superintendent of the

. Hoffman died in

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, on January 5, 1951, aged 67.

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