Dr. Olga Stastny (1878-1952).
The six-foot Stastny graduated from the University of Nebraska medical school at age 35 and interned in obstetrics at Boston's New England Hospital for Women and Children.
In 1919, she traveled to France under the auspices of Anne Morgan's American Committee for Devastated France. She worked as an anesthesiologist in Luzancy (about 60 miles from Paris) and was awarded the French Medaille de Reconnaissance for her service.
She later chaired the Department of Hygiene and Social Service within Prague's Social Service Training School, headed the YMCA's Health Department, assisted with refugee health care during a typhus epidemic in Greece (for which she received the Cross of St. George), operated a private practice in Omaha, and was a faculty member at her alma mater.
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Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940
STASTNY, MRS OLGA FRANCES: Physician & Surgeon; b: Wilber, Neb Sept 13, 1878; dau. of Frank John Sadilek & Terezie Jurka; educ. Wilber HS; U of N, MD 1913; mbr Uni Dramtic Club; grad work, Post Grad Coll of Med, New York City; Mary Thompson Hosp, Chicago; Prague & Berlin; Nu Sigma Phi, an org & 1st pres; Alpha Lambda Delta; married Charles J. Stastny, Oct 25, 1895, Wilber (d: Nov 19, 1907); son Robert Browning (deceased); dau. Elsa Camilla (Mrs Ladislav Skocpol); 1913-14 intern New England Hosp for Women & Children, Boston Mass; 1914 prac. medicine, Omaha; 1926-33 instr obstetrics & gynecology, U of N College of Medicine; phys for women, U of Omaha; during World War 1917-18 org. Americanization Dept of Nebr council of defense, 5 min speech was used as a model in US council of defense work; 1918-19 anesthetist Amer Women's Hosps, France; 1919 awarded Medaille de Ia Reconnaissance by French govt, 1923 awarded Cross of St George by Grecian govt; 1922 recd special citation from Czechoslovakian Republic; 1931 awarded Noguchi Medal for work in preventative med 1924; del to Internatl Med Women's Assn conv, London England, 1931 Vienna Austria, 1934 Stockholm Sweden; 1923-24 supvr quarantine station in Greece for refugees from Anatolia, Asia Minor, after the Smyrna fire; 20 years director Family Welfare Assn of Omaha; past member Assoc Charities of Omaha; Omaha Douglas Co Med Soc; Neb St & AMA; Omaha Midwest Clinical Soc; past pres Neb branch Amer Med Women's Assn, past pres Neb branch, past natl treas; past natl health chmn B&PW, past Neb St chmn; past pres Womens Overseas Service League, past natl patriotic chmn; Neb St Czch Hist Soc; ARC; honored by Alpha Chi ch of Phi Delta Epsilon, Creighton U; member med res corps, US Army; mbr of first com Neb Foundation of U of N, VP; trustee Doane Coll; ZCBJ; Altrusa; OES; mbr world service com YMCA; Unitarian Ch; Dem, 1928 alternate del to natl conv, Houston Tex, 1936 del Philadelphia Penn; hobbies, travel, dolls, shawls, glass; off & res 3619 Farnam, Omaha.
The six-foot Stastny graduated from the University of Nebraska medical school at age 35 and interned in obstetrics at Boston's New England Hospital for Women and Children.
In 1919, she traveled to France under the auspices of Anne Morgan's American Committee for Devastated France. She worked as an anesthesiologist in Luzancy (about 60 miles from Paris) and was awarded the French Medaille de Reconnaissance for her service.
She later chaired the Department of Hygiene and Social Service within Prague's Social Service Training School, headed the YMCA's Health Department, assisted with refugee health care during a typhus epidemic in Greece (for which she received the Cross of St. George), operated a private practice in Omaha, and was a faculty member at her alma mater.
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Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940
STASTNY, MRS OLGA FRANCES: Physician & Surgeon; b: Wilber, Neb Sept 13, 1878; dau. of Frank John Sadilek & Terezie Jurka; educ. Wilber HS; U of N, MD 1913; mbr Uni Dramtic Club; grad work, Post Grad Coll of Med, New York City; Mary Thompson Hosp, Chicago; Prague & Berlin; Nu Sigma Phi, an org & 1st pres; Alpha Lambda Delta; married Charles J. Stastny, Oct 25, 1895, Wilber (d: Nov 19, 1907); son Robert Browning (deceased); dau. Elsa Camilla (Mrs Ladislav Skocpol); 1913-14 intern New England Hosp for Women & Children, Boston Mass; 1914 prac. medicine, Omaha; 1926-33 instr obstetrics & gynecology, U of N College of Medicine; phys for women, U of Omaha; during World War 1917-18 org. Americanization Dept of Nebr council of defense, 5 min speech was used as a model in US council of defense work; 1918-19 anesthetist Amer Women's Hosps, France; 1919 awarded Medaille de Ia Reconnaissance by French govt, 1923 awarded Cross of St George by Grecian govt; 1922 recd special citation from Czechoslovakian Republic; 1931 awarded Noguchi Medal for work in preventative med 1924; del to Internatl Med Women's Assn conv, London England, 1931 Vienna Austria, 1934 Stockholm Sweden; 1923-24 supvr quarantine station in Greece for refugees from Anatolia, Asia Minor, after the Smyrna fire; 20 years director Family Welfare Assn of Omaha; past member Assoc Charities of Omaha; Omaha Douglas Co Med Soc; Neb St & AMA; Omaha Midwest Clinical Soc; past pres Neb branch Amer Med Women's Assn, past pres Neb branch, past natl treas; past natl health chmn B&PW, past Neb St chmn; past pres Womens Overseas Service League, past natl patriotic chmn; Neb St Czch Hist Soc; ARC; honored by Alpha Chi ch of Phi Delta Epsilon, Creighton U; member med res corps, US Army; mbr of first com Neb Foundation of U of N, VP; trustee Doane Coll; ZCBJ; Altrusa; OES; mbr world service com YMCA; Unitarian Ch; Dem, 1928 alternate del to natl conv, Houston Tex, 1936 del Philadelphia Penn; hobbies, travel, dolls, shawls, glass; off & res 3619 Farnam, Omaha.
Dr. Olga Stastny (1878-1952).
The six-foot Stastny graduated from the University of Nebraska medical school at age 35 and interned in obstetrics at Boston's New England Hospital for Women and Children.
In 1919, she traveled to France under the auspices of Anne Morgan's American Committee for Devastated France. She worked as an anesthesiologist in Luzancy (about 60 miles from Paris) and was awarded the French Medaille de Reconnaissance for her service.
She later chaired the Department of Hygiene and Social Service within Prague's Social Service Training School, headed the YMCA's Health Department, assisted with refugee health care during a typhus epidemic in Greece (for which she received the Cross of St. George), operated a private practice in Omaha, and was a faculty member at her alma mater.
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Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940
STASTNY, MRS OLGA FRANCES: Physician & Surgeon; b: Wilber, Neb Sept 13, 1878; dau. of Frank John Sadilek & Terezie Jurka; educ. Wilber HS; U of N, MD 1913; mbr Uni Dramtic Club; grad work, Post Grad Coll of Med, New York City; Mary Thompson Hosp, Chicago; Prague & Berlin; Nu Sigma Phi, an org & 1st pres; Alpha Lambda Delta; married Charles J. Stastny, Oct 25, 1895, Wilber (d: Nov 19, 1907); son Robert Browning (deceased); dau. Elsa Camilla (Mrs Ladislav Skocpol); 1913-14 intern New England Hosp for Women & Children, Boston Mass; 1914 prac. medicine, Omaha; 1926-33 instr obstetrics & gynecology, U of N College of Medicine; phys for women, U of Omaha; during World War 1917-18 org. Americanization Dept of Nebr council of defense, 5 min speech was used as a model in US council of defense work; 1918-19 anesthetist Amer Women's Hosps, France; 1919 awarded Medaille de Ia Reconnaissance by French govt, 1923 awarded Cross of St George by Grecian govt; 1922 recd special citation from Czechoslovakian Republic; 1931 awarded Noguchi Medal for work in preventative med 1924; del to Internatl Med Women's Assn conv, London England, 1931 Vienna Austria, 1934 Stockholm Sweden; 1923-24 supvr quarantine station in Greece for refugees from Anatolia, Asia Minor, after the Smyrna fire; 20 years director Family Welfare Assn of Omaha; past member Assoc Charities of Omaha; Omaha Douglas Co Med Soc; Neb St & AMA; Omaha Midwest Clinical Soc; past pres Neb branch Amer Med Women's Assn, past pres Neb branch, past natl treas; past natl health chmn B&PW, past Neb St chmn; past pres Womens Overseas Service League, past natl patriotic chmn; Neb St Czch Hist Soc; ARC; honored by Alpha Chi ch of Phi Delta Epsilon, Creighton U; member med res corps, US Army; mbr of first com Neb Foundation of U of N, VP; trustee Doane Coll; ZCBJ; Altrusa; OES; mbr world service com YMCA; Unitarian Ch; Dem, 1928 alternate del to natl conv, Houston Tex, 1936 del Philadelphia Penn; hobbies, travel, dolls, shawls, glass; off & res 3619 Farnam, Omaha.
The six-foot Stastny graduated from the University of Nebraska medical school at age 35 and interned in obstetrics at Boston's New England Hospital for Women and Children.
In 1919, she traveled to France under the auspices of Anne Morgan's American Committee for Devastated France. She worked as an anesthesiologist in Luzancy (about 60 miles from Paris) and was awarded the French Medaille de Reconnaissance for her service.
She later chaired the Department of Hygiene and Social Service within Prague's Social Service Training School, headed the YMCA's Health Department, assisted with refugee health care during a typhus epidemic in Greece (for which she received the Cross of St. George), operated a private practice in Omaha, and was a faculty member at her alma mater.
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Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940
STASTNY, MRS OLGA FRANCES: Physician & Surgeon; b: Wilber, Neb Sept 13, 1878; dau. of Frank John Sadilek & Terezie Jurka; educ. Wilber HS; U of N, MD 1913; mbr Uni Dramtic Club; grad work, Post Grad Coll of Med, New York City; Mary Thompson Hosp, Chicago; Prague & Berlin; Nu Sigma Phi, an org & 1st pres; Alpha Lambda Delta; married Charles J. Stastny, Oct 25, 1895, Wilber (d: Nov 19, 1907); son Robert Browning (deceased); dau. Elsa Camilla (Mrs Ladislav Skocpol); 1913-14 intern New England Hosp for Women & Children, Boston Mass; 1914 prac. medicine, Omaha; 1926-33 instr obstetrics & gynecology, U of N College of Medicine; phys for women, U of Omaha; during World War 1917-18 org. Americanization Dept of Nebr council of defense, 5 min speech was used as a model in US council of defense work; 1918-19 anesthetist Amer Women's Hosps, France; 1919 awarded Medaille de Ia Reconnaissance by French govt, 1923 awarded Cross of St George by Grecian govt; 1922 recd special citation from Czechoslovakian Republic; 1931 awarded Noguchi Medal for work in preventative med 1924; del to Internatl Med Women's Assn conv, London England, 1931 Vienna Austria, 1934 Stockholm Sweden; 1923-24 supvr quarantine station in Greece for refugees from Anatolia, Asia Minor, after the Smyrna fire; 20 years director Family Welfare Assn of Omaha; past member Assoc Charities of Omaha; Omaha Douglas Co Med Soc; Neb St & AMA; Omaha Midwest Clinical Soc; past pres Neb branch Amer Med Women's Assn, past pres Neb branch, past natl treas; past natl health chmn B&PW, past Neb St chmn; past pres Womens Overseas Service League, past natl patriotic chmn; Neb St Czch Hist Soc; ARC; honored by Alpha Chi ch of Phi Delta Epsilon, Creighton U; member med res corps, US Army; mbr of first com Neb Foundation of U of N, VP; trustee Doane Coll; ZCBJ; Altrusa; OES; mbr world service com YMCA; Unitarian Ch; Dem, 1928 alternate del to natl conv, Houston Tex, 1936 del Philadelphia Penn; hobbies, travel, dolls, shawls, glass; off & res 3619 Farnam, Omaha.
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