Ethel Clay Price

Ethel Clay Price
Born
Ethel Clay

October 2, 1874
New York City, New York
U.S.
DiedOctober 26, 1943
Resting placeGreen Hill Cemetery
EducationNotre Dame Academy
Watts Hospital Training School for Nurses
Occupation(s)nurse, socialite, philanthropist
SpouseJulian Price
Children2 (including Kathleen Price Bryan)
Parents
  • Henry de Boisfeuillet Clay (father)
  • Harriet Field (mother)
RelativesJoseph M. Bryan (son-in-law)
Nancy Bryan Faircloth (granddaughter)

Ethel Clay Price (October 2, 1874 – October 26, 1943) was an American nurse and socialite. She was the first graduate from Watts Hospital Training School for Nurses in Durham, obtaining her nursing degree in 1897. She was married to insurance executive Julian Price and was the mother-in-law of the businessman Joseph M. Bryan. Price lived at Hillside, a large mansion she and her husband had built in Greensboro, North Carolina. A devout Catholic, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Greensboro was built as a memorial to her. A scholarship at the Watts Nursing School and a scholarship at Notre Dame of Maryland University are named after her.