Wambaugh, Sarah, 1882-1955
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Wambaugh, Sarah, 1882-1955
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Wambaugh, Sarah, 1882-1955
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An instructor in history and government, and an expert in international affairs, Wambaugh was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Eugene and Betty Wambaugh, and earned degrees from Radcliffe College (A.B. 1902, A.M. 1917). She was an advisor to the Peruvian government for the Tacna-Arica Plebiscite (1925-1926), to the Saar Plebiscite Commission (1934-35), to the American observers of the Greek national elections (1945-1946) and to the U.N. Plebiscite Commission to Jamma and Kashmir (1949), among others. She was also a consultant to the director of the enemy branch of the Foreign Economic Administration (1940-1945). She received the Order of the Sun (Peru) and the Knight Cross, First Class, of the Austrian Order of Merit as well as honorary degrees from Columbia University, Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve, and Tufts University.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/52071808
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7422879
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98079879
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no98079879
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eng
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International relations
Plebiscite
Self-determination, National
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Americans
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Saarbrücken
09, DE
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Worked on the Saarland plebiscite
Cambridge
MA, US
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Sopron
09, HU
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Worked on the Sopron region plebiscite
Lima
LMA, PE
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Worked on the Tacna–Arica dispute
Opole
75, PL
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Worked on the Upper Silesia plebiscite
Cincinnati
OH, US
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Birth
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