Fannie Clement Papers 1912-1941

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Fannie Clement Papers 1912-1941

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WWI relief worker; Nurse. The papers include correspondence, reports, papers, andpamphlets relating to Clement's administration of the American Red Cross rural nursing program inAppalachia, circa 1912-1917, and various of accounts of her visits to impoverished communities inthat area. There is also correspondence from Clement to her family while working with the SmithCollege Relief Unit in Grécourt, France, after World War I (1919).

1 box; (.5 linear ft.)

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Sophia Smith Collection

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Clement, Fannie F.

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Fannie Fletcher Clement was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, circa 1881, the daughter of Maria Edwards and Dr. George Clement. She graduated from Smith College in 1903. Her father advised her not to become a doctor because it was "too difficult for a woman" so she became a nurse instead and worked for a number of years with the American Red Cross and was director of the ARC Town and Country Nursing Service in rural Appalachia, including Eastern Kentucky, circa 1912-17. In 1919, Clement joined the...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...