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Collection HenA : Alice E. Henderson Collection
Description
Key
142686
Reference Code Element
HenA
Type
Text
Creator
Personal name
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Henderson, Alice E.
Administrative/Biographical History
Alice Elizabeth Henderson
4 May 1882 - 23 June 1954
Alice Elizabeth Henderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her nursing diploma in 1907. She received a scholarship award for excellence her freshman year. She held several positions at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1907 to 1911, including head nurse and night superintendent. In 1914 she became a chief nurse with the Maryland Red Cross Unit that was on the first Red Cross relief ship sent to Europe, the Mercy Ship. She served on the staff of the American Red Cross Hospital at Pau, France in 1915. For this work and her service with the American Fund for the French Wounded she was decorated by the French government. She spent the remainder of her life in Woodstock, New York, where she assisted in Civilian Defense during World War II.
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JHHSON class of 1907
Chronology
Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, student
,
1904-1907
Scope and Content
The Alice E. Henderson Collection consists of medals received for World War I service.
Subjects - Name
Corporate name
,
Johns Hopkins Hospital. School of Nursing. Class of 1907
Subjects
Topic
,
World War, 1914-1918
Administration
Date(s) of Descriptions
2006
Processing Information
The Alice E. Henderson Collection was processed by Ruth Carver in 2006 through a grant from the Johns Hopkins Nurses' Alumni Association.
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704A
French Medal of Recognition
705A
French Society for the Aid of Wounded Servicemen
706A
Cross of the French Society for the Aid of Wounded Servicemen
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