Kasija Miletić (ca. 1875–1915) was a prominent member of the
Circle of Serbian Sisters
The Circle of Serbian Sisters ( sr-Latn, Kolo Srpskih Sestara) was a women's charitable society established in Belgrade in 1903. Among the founders of the society were Mabel Grujić, wife of Slavko J. Grujić, Blanš Vesnić, wife of Milenko Ve ...
and a volunteer nurse in
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 fightin ...
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Biography
Kasija Đokić was born around 1875. Miletić was a socially-active young woman and with
Delfa Ivanić
Delfa Ivanić (6 March 1881 – 14 August 1972) was a Serbian painter, humanitarian and together with Slavka Subotić and Nadežda Petrović, one of the founders of the Circle of Serbian Sisters. She was also a translator, writer, editor of maga ...
became one of the founders of the Circle of Serbian Sisters. When the Great War broke out she went to the front as a volunteer nurse. While tending patients at the
Valjevo Military Hospital, she contracted
typhus
Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms include fever, headache, and a rash. Typically these begin one to two weeks after exposure.
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. She died in the Valjevo Military Hospital in 1915.
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1875 births
1915 deaths
Serbian women in World War I
Serbian casualties of World War I
Female nurses in World War I
World War I nurses
Circle of Serbian Sisters
Nurses killed in World War I
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