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Agnes Hannah von Kurowsky Stanfield (January 5, 1892 – November 25, 1984) was an American nurse who inspired the character "Catherine Barkley" in Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms. Kurowsky served as a nurse in an American Red Cross hospital in Milan during World War I .
- Bellevue Nurses Training Program
- American
- Red Cross
- January 5, 1892, Germantown, Philadelphia, U.S.
St. Agnes of Rome was born in 291 AD and raised in a Christian family. Agnes was very beautiful and belonged to a wealthy family. Her hand in marriage was highly sought after, and she had many high ranking men chasing after her. However, Agnes made a promise to God never to stain her purity. Her love for the Lord was great and she hated sin ...
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Nov 9, 2018 · Agnes Tilney is one of those women who wittingly or unwittingly had a considerable impact on events in Tudor history. She married into the rich and powerful Howard family and would have great influence at the court of King Henry VIII. Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Catherine Howard were her step-granddaughters. The Howard’s were magnates….
Sep 17, 1989 · The letter, dated March 7, 1919, was sent to Ernest Hemingway by Agnes Hannah von Kurowsky, the Red Cross nurse who cared for him in an Italian hospital during World War I and ended up breaking ...
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St. Agnes was a member of the Roman nobility born in 291, who was raised in a Christian family. She suffered martyrdom at the age of thirteen during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian, on January 21, 304. The Prefect Sempronius wanted Agnes to marry his son, but Agnes refused and was condemned to death. Since Roman law did not permit the ...
Kathleen Agnes Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (née Kennedy; February 20, 1920 – May 13, 1948), also known as "Kick" Kennedy, was an American socialite. She was the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald, a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, and the wife of the Marquess of Hartington, heir apparent to the 10th ...
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world. Columbia Point, Boston MA 02125 (617) 514-1600. Hemingway’s first love was Red Cross nurse Agnes von Kurowsky (1892-1984), whom he met while being ...
