The Topeka Daily State Journal Wednesday July 9, 1919 Woman In A.L. Post. Miss Nella Marine Woods Was Army Nurse During War. The first woman to become a member of Capital Post No. 1, American Legion, was Miss Nella Marine WOODS, 716 Tyler street, who joined today. She was a member of the army nurse corps, in hospital unit No. 1, from March 39, 1918 to February 11, 1919. Women who saw service in the nurse corps, signal corps or as yoemenetts in the navy, are eligible for membership. They are not auxiliary legionaires, but full fledged ones, having the same place in the legion as the doughboy or "gob." Since her discharge, Miss Woods has been connected with the city health department as contagion nurse.