Juana Wrightington

Juana de Dios Machado Alipás de Wrightington
Born
Juana Machado

8 March 1814
Died24 December 1901
Burial placeCalvary Cemetery, San Diego
Other namesJuanita Machado, Juana Ridington
Known forNursing, 'the Florence Nightingale of San Diego', and support of local ethnic people

Juana de Dios Machado Alipás de Wrightington, also known as Jaunita Machado, Juana Ridington or Juana Machado (8 March 1814 – 24 December 1901) was an Alta California pioneer and nurse known as the Florence Nightingale of San Diego. She was a nurse and midwife, and translator, despite being illiterate, during the Mexican-American War. She nursed the wounded at the Battle of San Pasqual, and helping the local community.

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