Becker, Florence Deakins, 1878-1969

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Nurse and volunteer worker.

From the description of Florence Deakins Becker papers, 1891-1963 (bulk 1910-1963). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448981

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1878, Nov. 20 Born, Fort Pendleton, Garrett County, Md. 1898 Volunteer hospital worker, Fort Meade, Md., during the Spanish-American War 1902 Married George F. Becker (died 1919) 1903 1917 Member, Board of Managers, Emergency Hospital, Washington, D.C. 1914 Established with nine other women the Grey Ladies, a volunteer organization of the Red Cross 1920 circa 1923 Joined the Rockefeller Anti-Tuberculosis Organization and served as a volunteer in Lille, France 1921 Married John Campbell Forrester (divorced 1930) 1923 Founded the Incorporated Tuberculosis Association and a training school for tuberculosis workers in Bengal, India 1930 circa 1934 Administrator, Joseph Colt Bloodgood's cancer clinic, Baltimore, Md. 1969, Mar. 22 Died, Cambridge, Md. From the guide to the Florence Deakins Becker Papers, 1891-1963, (bulk 1910-1963), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Animal rescue

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World War, 1914-1918

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