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Also Known As Sister Elizabeth Kenny • Sister Kenny
Born September 20, 1880 • Australia
Died November 30, 1952 (aged 72) • Toowoomba • Australia
Subjects Of Study polio
Role In World War I

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Jane A. Delano
Jane A. Delano
American nurse and educator
Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell
English nurse
Monash, Sir John
Sir John Monash
Australian engineer and soldier
Frank Berryman
Australian Army officer
Sir Charles Monro
British army officer
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk
president of Turkey
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
president of United States
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
prime minister of United Kingdom
Georges Clemenceau.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
emperor of Austria-Hungary
George S. Patton
George Patton
United States general
Herbert Hoover, 1928
Herbert Hoover
president of United States
Nicholas II
Nicholas II
tsar of Russia
William II.
William II
emperor of Germany
Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
Nikola Pašić
prime minister of Serbia
Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch
marshal of France
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes
British economist

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