Ellen N. La Motte
La Motte was an American born in Kentucky in 1873. She graduated in 1902 from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore which was at the time the leading training school for nurses in the U.S.A. She attained the rank of Superintendent. On the outbreak of war she moved to Europe and eventually served as a nurse in the French Army between 1915 and 1916.RCC7134 The Backwash of War: The Classic Account of a First World War Field Hospital (La Motte)