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Women Who Win Edith Shaw Townsend A Red Cross Nurse
In Philadelphia born Edith Helen Shaw Townsend, trained at Front Fort Hospital and later a chief surgical nurse, served with the American Red Cross in France and Mexico. She married Dr. Bud Townsend in Paris and both returned to the United States after war service, continuing medical work and public life.
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Philadelphia
Edith Helen Shaw
George W. Shaw
Margaret S. Ritchie
Edith
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Mr. Shaw
Texas
Budith Shaw
Misa Shaw
Frontfort
Nospita
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Miss Shaw
Canada
Great Lakes
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Mexico
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United States Army Nursing Corps
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Maitland
Eastland
Edith Helen
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