Becker, Florence Deakins, 1878-1969

Nurse and volunteer worker.

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

Biographical Note

• 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)