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Margaret Ecker on her inspiration to pursue nursing

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Margaret Ecker shares about early career pursuits and explains how the Student Health Coalition (SHC) played a prominent role in steering her toward a life of service through nursing.

Recorded on June 2, 2018.

 

Full footage of the conversation between Barbara Clinton, Margaret Ecker, and Bernetiae Reed en route from Rossville to Nashville, TN.

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A community-driven archive project developed by the Student Health Coalition, in partnership with the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Eskind Library at Vanderbilt University.

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