Sara Josephine Baker (1873 - 1945)

Born 15 Nov 1873 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States

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Died 22 Feb 1945 at age 71 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Sara was a Friend (Quaker)

Sara Josephine Baker was from a wealthy Quaker family. She had a long and successful career.^[1] She published several reference books and papers, and her biography 'Fighting for Life.'^[2]

Her popular autobiography, Fighting For Life, described not only her work in New York City's Lower East Side, but also her activism for the Women's Suffrage Movement, her tour of Russia in the 1930s, and her adventures tracking down the infamous "Typhoid Mary." Baker died in 1945 at the age of 71 but her incredible legacy lives on today in public health programs across the world — and the millions of lives that they have saved. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470556/
2. ↑ Baker SJ. Fighting for Life. New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1939.
3. ↑ Mighty Girl https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=21475

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139844697/sara-josephine-baker: accessed 07 September 2022), memorial page for Dr Sara Josephine Baker (15 Nov 1873–22 Feb 1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #139844697, citing Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, USA; Maintained by Karina Hoff (contributor 48887792)