Leonard, Dorothy Harvey, 1925-

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Dorothy Harvey Leonard is a Quaker and worked as a psychiatric nurse from 1946 until her retirement in 1987. She graduated from the Olney School in Barnesville, Ohio, earned an R.N. diploma from Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing, followed by a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Pennsylania. She worked at a number of hospitals and other facilities including Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. In retirement, she is the family historian, creating A Quaker Family Calendar, 1988-2001. Her parents, Cyril H. and Ruth S. Thorp Harvey were teachers in many Friends schools. Her paternal grandparents were Adolphus and Lyra Tregelles Harvey. Adolphus was the son of Cyrus W. Harvey, Quaker minister from Kansas. Her maternal grandparents were George Smedley and Anne Palmer Thorp, long-time residents of Media, Pa. Related families include Carter, Tregelles, Thorp, Palmer, and Sharpless.

From the description of Harvey Family Papers, 1836-2003. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 61112615

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creatorOf Leonard, Dorothy Harvey, 1925-. Harvey Family Papers, 1836-2003. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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associatedWith Barrymore, Dolores Costello. person
associatedWith Carter, Kathaleen Johnson, 1901-2002. person
associatedWith Friends Boarding School (Barnesville, Ohio) corporateBody
associatedWith Harvey, Adolphus E. (Adolphus Enoch), 1872-1964. person
associatedWith Harvey, Cyril H., 1901-1981. person
associatedWith Harvey, Cyrus W., 1843-1916. person
associatedWith Harvey family. family
associatedWith Harvey, Lyra Tregelles, 1874-1905. person
associatedWith Harvey, Ruth T. (Ruth Thorp), 1899-1962. person
associatedWith Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. corporateBody
associatedWith Thorp, Anne Palmer, 1862-1951. person
associatedWith Thorp family. family
associatedWith Tregelles family. family
Place Name Admin Code Country
Kansas
Media (Delaware Co., Pa.)
Pennsylvania
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American poetry
Psychiatric nursing
Quakers
Quakers
Quakers
Quakers
Quaker women
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Birth 1925

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