The onset of the Great Depression brought forth a new emphasis on economy trains directed at family travel. Many other railroads soon followed suit. The universal qualifications for all nurse candidates were that they possess intelligence, tact, candid friendliness, and initiative. The nurse's primary duties were to assist women with children and to attend to the needs of the elderly on long cross-country journeys. Southern and Eastern railroads used hostesses on their trains but they did not require Registered Nursing degrees.
All girls like to play nurse.
Naturally, most girls want to be a stewardess-nurse on a Southern Pacific train someday. Answers to questions on Home Page 1. 1935 2. Airline Stewards first, then stewardesses 4. Released for War duty Club applicants were given a train primer to study, emphasizing safety, general railroad knowledge and travel.