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Marjorie Hulsizer Copher
Marjorie Hulsizer Copher (January 26, 1892 – May 19, 1935) was an American dietitian who served in France during World War I. Early life Edith Marjorie Hulsizer was born in Flemington, New Jersey, the daughter Abraham Chalmers Hulsizer and Alletta Van Nest Hill Hulsizer. Her father was a lawyer and mayor of Flemington. She attended Reading Academy High School and graduated from Simmons University, Simmons College in 1916 (after starring as Prospero in her class's production of Shakespeare's ''The Tempest''). Career Hulsizer worked as a dietitian at hospitals in Massachusetts early in her career. She was one of the charter members of the American Dietetic Association when it was founded in 1917. During World War I, she joined the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Unit, serving as a dietitian in Étaples and Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, with the British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British Expeditionary Force from May 1917 to the end of 1918, and then wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
