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

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)