Becker, Florence Deakins, 1878-1969
Variant namesNurse and volunteer worker.
From the description of Florence Deakins Becker papers, 1891-1963 (bulk 1910-1963). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448981
Biographical Note
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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)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| creatorOf | Becker, Florence. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1938. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Florence Deakins Becker Papers, 1891-1963, (bulk 1910-1963) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Wilbur Underwood Papers, 1895-1969, (bulk 1895-1935) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division |
Filters:
| Relation | Name |
|---|---|
| correspondedWith | American Public Health Association |
| correspondedWith | Barron, Clarence W. (Clarence Walker), 1855-1928 |
| correspondedWith | Bartlett, Suzanne Earle Ogden-Jones Emmons, 1861-1954 |
| correspondedWith | Becker, George F. (George Ferdinand), 1847-1919 |
| correspondedWith | Bloodgood, Joseph Colt, 1867-1935 |
| correspondedWith | Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 |
| correspondedWith | Brown, W. Norman (William Norman), 1892-1975 |
| correspondedWith | Devine, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1867-1948 |
| correspondedWith | Dillingham, William P. (William Paul), 1843-1923 |
| correspondedWith | Forrester, John Campbell |
Person
Birth 1878
Death 1969
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