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| | American Red Cross Museum |
 | | Born March 12, 1862, near Townsend, Schuyler County, New York, Jane Delano was a member of a Massachusetts family whose ancestry dates back to colonial times. |
 | | Delano's first opportunity to perform public service nursing came in 1888, when she served as superintendent of a Jacksonville, Florida hospital treating victims of a yellow fever epidemic. |
 | | Henry P. Davison, a leader of the American Red Cross during World War I, praised the contributions Jane Delano made to the nursing profession at the time of her death. |
| www.redcross.org /museum/history/janedelano.asp (1165 words) |
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