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Alice Fitzgerald, 11/10/62 89, Dies;
Was Red Cross - Executive
Miss Alice Fitzgerald, 89, who
was chief nurse for the Ameri-
can Red Cross in the whole of
Europe after the Armistice.
died yesterday in the Peabody
Home at 1000 Pelham Parkway,
the Bronx.
Miss Fitzgerald was born in
Florence, Italy, and was edu-
cated in France, Switzerland,
and Germany. She was gradu-
ated from the Johns Hopkins
School of Nursing in 1906 and
was appointed to the staff of
Dana Hall in Wellesley, Mass.
Her international career
started early in 1916, when she
was sent to England with funds
raised by the women of Massa-
chusetts as the first Edith Ca-
vell Memorial Nurse. She saw
active service at the front in
Miss Alice Fitzgerald as
World War I and for service
to England received from King
she appeared some years
George V. the Medal of the ago.
Royal Red Cross.
When America entered the
Philippine nurses to Japan after
war. she was transferred to the
the 1923 Tokyo earthquake that
American Red Cross, organizing
caused 100,000 deaths.
and supervising the placement
The Rockefeller Foundation
of American nurses in French
then sent her to Siam to or-
hospitals. She also supervised
ganize the first school of nurs-
refugee work in Italy and
ing under government auspices.
France and was appointed liai-
From 1931 until she retired
son officer between the Red
in 1937, she was director of
Cross and the French health
nurses at Polyclinic Hospital
service.
in New York City.
When, in accordance with one
Among her awards was the
of the provisions of the Ver-
Florence Nightingale Interna-
sailles Treaty, the League of
tional Medal, she also received
Red Cross Societies was set up
decorations from the govern-
at the same time the League of
ments of France, Hungary,
Nations was born. Miss Fitz-
Serbia, Poland, Russia and
gerald was called to Geneva
Italy.
to organize and direct its
There are no immediate sur-
Bureau of Nursing, remaining
vivors.
there until 1922.
Returning to this country,
she was sent by the Rockefeller
Foundation to be adviser on
nursing to Gen. Leonard E.
Wood, Governor of the Phillip-
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