Taylor, Catherine, 1874-1967.
Biographical notes:
Catherine Taylor was born June 11, 1874 in Clinton, Ontario. She graduated from St. Luke's Hospital, N.Y. and was head nurse in the Private Pavillion at that Hospital. In 1917 she went to England, and was given charge of a hospital at Shipstone on the Stour near Stratford-on-Avon for the British Red Cross. She assisted in opening a hospital in Liverpool for the American Army and converted the Guest Mansion in London, Eng. into a showplace Navy hospital in 23 days. In 1918 she returned to the United States and assisted in combatting the influenza epidemic. In 1920 the American Red Cross sent her to New Mexico to initiate public health programs in the schools there. Later, in California, she taught health and hygiene, organized summer camps for underprivileged children and qualified as a state audiometrist. In 1951 she moved to Ontario, California. She died February 1967 in Barrie, Ontario.
From the description of Catherine Taylor fonds [textual record]. 1917-1966. (University of Waterloo Library). WorldCat record id: 71481341
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