Mabel Grouitch

Mabel Grouitch née Dunlop (August 13, 1872 – August 13, 1956) was an American surgical nurse who worked with the Red Cross during World War I.

Biography

Mabel Gordon Dunlop was originally from Clarksburg, West Virginia.[1] In 1901, she went to Athens to study archaeology. She met and married Serbian minister Dr. Slavo Grouitch.[1][2]

Grouitch raised money for the Serbian Red Cross during the Balkan Wars.[1] She led 7 nurses from the United Kingdom to Serbia in 1914 during the First World War. She became good friends with Flora Sandes (famous for becoming a woman on the front in the First World War).

She died on August 13, 1956 in a Georgetown hospital of leukemia in Washington D.C..

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marshal & Will". Time. 1924-11-05. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  2. ↑ "Plea to Knitters Not to Quit Works; Mme. Grouitch Tells of Need in the Balkans". New York Times. 1919-01-05. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

Washington D.C.


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