Juliet Opie Hopkins | |
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 "The Florence Nightingale of the South" | |
| Born | Juliet Ann Opie May 7, 1818 |
| Died | March 9, 1890 (aged 71) Washington, D.C., US |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Miss Ritchie's private school |
| Known for | Nursing |
| Spouse(s) | Alexander George Gordon (1837-1847/49; his death) Arthur Francis Hopkins (1854–65; his death) |
| Children | Juliet Opie Hopkins Ayres (adopted) |
Juliet Ann Hopkins (née Opie; May 7, 1818 – March 9, 1890) was born on a plantation in Jefferson County, Virginia (present-day West Virginia). After her marriage to Arthur F. Hopkins of Mobile, Alabama, she relocated to that state. During the Civil War, the couple sold most of their real estate holdings and donated the money to the cause of the Confederate States of America. When her husband was appointed to oversee hospitals during the war, she went to work converting tobacco factories into hospitals. She made daily visits to the wounded, and received a battlefield injury in the course of her duties.
Her husband died within months of the close of the war, and she spent the rest of her life in poverty. When she died, she was interred with a full military burial at Arlington National Cemetery, with the Alabama congressional delegation serving as her pallbearers. In 1991, she was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.