La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961

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Birth 1873
Death 1961
Americans,

Biographical notes:

Nurse; superintendent, tuberculosis division of Baltimore Health Dept.; nurse with French Army in World War I; traveler and observer on conditions in the Far East; and author.

From the description of Ellen Newbold La Motte collection on opium traffic, 1919-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79604927

Biographical Note

1873 Born, Louisville, Ky. 1902 Graduated, Johns Hopkins Training School for Nurses, Baltimore, Md. 1904 1905 Assistant superintendent, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. 1905 1910 Tuberculosis nurse, Instructive Visiting Nurses Association, Baltimore, Md. 1910 1913 Superintendent, Tuberculosis Division, Baltimore Health Department, Baltimore, Md. 1914 1916 Served with American Ambulance Service, Paris France, and as nurse in French army field hospital in Belgium 1916 Published Backwash of War. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1919 Published Civilization. New York: George H. Doran Co. Published Peking Dust. New York: The Century Co. 1920 Published Opium Monopoly. New York: Macmillan Co. 1925 Published Snuffs and Butters. New York: Century Co. 1930 Awarded Lin Tse Hus Memorial Medal by the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China 1961 Died

From the guide to the Ellen Newbold La Motte Collection on Opium Traffic, 1919-1933, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Drug control
  • Drug control
  • Drugs
  • Drug traffic
  • Narcotics
  • Opium trade

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  • Nurses

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