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Pettus, whose nursing skills were learned by experience rather than formal training, ran an isolated tent hospital in rural west Texas. Her outreach, especially during the 1918 flu pandemic — providing nursing care to all seekers, including members of the Ku Klux Klan — was based in her understanding of Christian service. Her care for Mexicans who crossed into Texas without papers brought her into conflict with local authorities.[citation needed]
Sometime prior to 1929, Viola and Benjamin Pettus opened their home in Marathon, Texas, to African-American and Seminole children of the community who were denied education in the segregated school system of Brewster County.[1]
Personal life and legacy
Viola was married to Benjamin Pettus. They had three daughters: Ura, Hazel, and Dorothy. The US Census lists the Pettus family as living in Justice Precinct 3, Brewster County, Texas, in 1910 and 1920.[2][3] Viola's life formed the basis for one of the plot lines in American Night: The Ballad of Juan José,[4] a 2010 play by Richard Montoya, a member of the Culture Clash performance group.[5][6]
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