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Constance Teichmann - A Great Lady of the Red Cross

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Carl Vandekerckhove
Carl Vandekerckhove*
Affiliation:
Director General Belgian Red Cross (Flemish section)
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Extract

One hundred and fifty years ago, on June 16, 1824, Constance Teichmann was born in Antwerp. Hei father was governor of the Province of Antwerp. Her mother was very active in social work: she founded a society to provide for needy widows, and an association of Christian mothers; she helped to estabJish nursery schools, Sunday schools and schools of lacemaking, and she set up an orphanage for girls.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 15 , Issue 168 , March 1975 , pp. 123 - 127
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1975

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References

1 Vandekerckhove, Carl, Leven en werken van Constance Teichmann, Red Cross, Belgium, Brussels.Google Scholar