Inspired by the stories of her extended family in Anchorage, Alaska, Crystal VanKooten at Michigan State University, documented the lives of three Alaskan nurses; Jacqueline Greenman, Anna Belle Engbers, and Marjorie VanKooten. These were American women of Dutch descent who lived in Alaska and worked at the Alaska Native Medical Center. In this website you can read all about their life stories from the Tuberculosis outbreak to the Great Alaskan Earthquake and the trials and tribulations that they’ve overcame.
