Estaiene M. DePeltquestangue

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Estaiene M. DePeltquestangue
A passport photograph of a middle-aged woman wearing a jacket with a puffed sleeve; she may also be wearing glasses and a hat
Estaiene DePeltquestangue, from her 1921 passport application
BornFebruary 19, 1879
Charlevoix, Michigan
DiedSeptember 30, 1961
Massillon, Ohio
Occupation(s)Nurse, activist, clubwoman

Estaiene M. DePeltquestangue (February 19, 1879 – September 30, 1961) was an American nurse. She was a member of the Kickapoo people and served on the executive council of the Society of American Indians.

Early life and education[edit]

Estaiene M. DePeltquestangue was born in Charlevoix, Michigan, or possibly France. Both of her parents died when she was a young girl. She was a graduate of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, which she attended from 1897 to 1902.[1] She pursued further training as a nurse,[2] and graduated from the Lakeside Hospital Training School in Ohio in 1908.[3][4]

Career[edit]

DePeltquestangue taught briefly at the Carlisle Indian School after she graduated.[5] She became supervisor of probationers at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and was hired as superintendent for the new Massillon City Hospital in 1909.[6] DePeltquestangue worked as a nurse in New York City, and worked as a private nurse in Ohio, to lawyer Frank Baldwin and his wife, Annie S. Baldwin from 1911 to 1930.[7]

DePeltquestangue served on the executive council of the Society of American Indians, as vice-president for membership in 1915.[8][9][10] She attended the annual meetings of the Society in Lawrence, Kansas, spoke on panels, and presented papers.[11][12] In 1915, she gave a paper, "Indian Nurses and Nursing Indians", at the International Convention of Trained Nurses in San Francisco.[13][14] It was reprinted in several publications, including The British Journal of Nursing.[15] "The salvation of any people must come from within," she wrote. "We need people of personality, tact, and unquestionable integrity; we need men and women of the wide-awake helpful type, to whom religion means something infinitely above creed; we need men and women who have the courage of their convictions, wisdom that begets trust, and the ability to generate enthusiasm; we need people who revive the old fighting spirit and directed it into useful channels."[16]

She traveled abroad in 1922, visiting much of Europe, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt and Algeria. When Annie S. Baldwin died in 1930, she left a trust fund of $50,000 for DePeltquestangue, in gratitude for her years with the Baldwins.[7] She was a clubwoman in Massillon in her later years, active with church women's groups,[17] the Burroughs Nature Club,[18] the Nimble Thimble Club,[19] and the Saturday Whist Club.[20] In 1937, she was secretary of the Board of Lady Managers at Massillon City Hospital.[21] In 1943, she donated letters, clippings, and autographs related to president William McKinley to the historical museum in Massillon, Ohio.[22]

Personal life[edit]

DePeltquestangue was close to her niece, Jane Virginia Klosky Copthorne.[23] She also mentored a fellow Carlisle Indian School graduate, Louise Bluesky.[24] She died at a hospital in Massillon, Ohio in 1961, aged 82 years.[25] The Massillon Museum has a collection of her papers.[26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Estaine De Pelquestangue Student Information Card". Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ Nutting, Mary Adelaide (1912). A History of nursing v. 3 1912. Putnam. p. 193.
  3. ^ "Estaine De Peltquestangue Student File". Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ^ "News Notes Concerning Former Students". The Indian Craftsman. 1: 49. March 1909.
  5. ^ "Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, September 1904". Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  6. ^ Zwick, Ruth (1948-06-22). "Construction Began Early in 1908". The Evening Independent. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b "Trust Funds for City Hospital, Church Created". The Evening Independent. 1930-03-24. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Executive Council and Advisory Board". Quarterly Journal of the Society of American Indians. 3: 273. December 31, 1915.
  9. ^ Hertzberg, Hazel (1981-10-01). The Search for an American Indian Identity: Modern Pan-Indian Movements. Syracuse University Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-8156-2245-1.
  10. ^ Maroukis, Thomas Constantine (2021). We Are Not a Vanishing People: The Society of American Indians, 1911–1923. University of Arizona Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8165-4226-0.
  11. ^ "Its Big Schools Cause Town to be Chosen". The Daily Gazette. 1915-09-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Untitled social item". The Evening Independent. 1941-09-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ DePeltquestangue, Estaiene M. (July 1915). "Indian Nurses and Nursing Indians" (PDF). The Quarterly Journal of the Society of American Indians. 3: 169–174.
  14. ^ "Nurses of the World to Meet in San Francisco". Marysville Evening Democrat. 1915-06-17. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ De Peltquestangue, Estaiene (September 4, 1915). "Indian Nurses and Nursing Indians" (PDF). The British Journal of Nursing. 55: 187–189.
  16. ^ "Read and Reflect". The Indian Leader. 1915-11-26. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Untitled social item". The Evening Independent. 1943-10-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Burroughs Nature Club". The Evening Independent. 1940-11-22. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Untitled social item". The Evening Independent. 1944-11-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "From the Independent Files". The Evening Independent. 1937-09-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Text of Petition Demanding Law and Order in Massillon". The Evening Independent. 1937-06-25. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Two Letters in Museum Display". The Evening Independent. 1943-01-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-07-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Miss Jane Klosky Wedded to H. R. Copthorne". The Evening Independent. 1938-12-27. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-08-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "Notes about Ex-Students". The Carlisle Arrow. 11: 17. September 25, 1914.
  25. ^ "Miss DePeltquestangue". The Evening Independent. 1961-10-02. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-07-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "Genealogy Resources". Massillon Museum. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
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