Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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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. |