Claim: Jo Eleanor Elliott (5 October 1923 – 1 May 2011) was a nurse and a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps from 1944 until 1947 and head of the American Nurses Association who earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of  Missouri and received the Living Legend Award from the American Nurses Association.
Evidence: In 1947, Elliott earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Michigan after transferring there from Central Missouri State College.