Laing, Alice Elizabeth (1870-1942)

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Alice Laing to Jane Addams, June [30?], 1911

Francis T. Heuston and Wallace Beatty to Whom It May Concern, March 26, 1910

Jane Addams to Julia Lathrop, June 1911

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Birth Date

1870

Death Date

1942-08-10

Birthplace

Ballina, Ireland

Biographical Text

Alice Elizabeth Laing was an Irish nurse who worked and trained at the Adelaide Hospital and worked for a nursing home in Dublin. She also worked as a masseuse for Sir Kendal Franks. She immigrated to the United States in 1911, and in 1914 she received a voucher from the University of Illinois. By 1920 she worked at Ridge Farm Preventorium in Deerfield, Illinois. Laing also worked as a superintendent at a hospital in 1920.

Laing married Dr. George Laing in 1897They had two boys together: George Sutton and Eric. Laing died in 1942.

Occupation

Nurse

Superintendent

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Dwyer, Christina

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1910

Bibliography and Links

1920 U.S. Census

Elizabeth Laing,1900 United States Federal Census

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Illinois Health News: Illinois State Board of Health Official Monthly Bulletin, Volume 6, 1920, page 7

Report - University of Illinois Board of Trustees, 1914, pages 875 and 898

Citation

“Laing, Alice Elizabeth (1870-1942),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 4, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3652.