Phoebe Pember, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Phoebe Pember

American nurse

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1823

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1913

Profession: nurse

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Phoebe Yates Levy Pember (August 18, 1823 – March 4, 1913) was a member of a prominent American Jewish family from Charleston, South Carolina and a nurse and female administrator of Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War.
She assumed the responsibility informally at the age of 39 and eventually over 15,000 patients came under her direct care during the war.