Author talk:Hannah Anderson Ropes

=Sources= Name: 	Hannah Anderson Ropes

Birth Year: 	1809

Death Year: 	1863

Source:
 * Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 12: September, 1979-August, 1982. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1983. (BioIn 12)

Burial
Hannah A. Chandler Ropes Birth 	13 Jun 1809 New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine, USA Death 	20 Jan 1863 (aged 53) Georgetown, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA Burial Lower Corner Cemetery New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine, USA Memorial ID 	66348562 HANNAH A. CHANDLER ROPES ~ Vocation: Nurse, Head Matron, Union Hotel Hospital in Washington DC: She had a profound influence on the course of military medicine and better sanitary conditions
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Religion: Swedenborgian, New Jerusalem Church, Boston, Suffolk, MA: Membership: 07 APR 1839

Note: Hannah nursed Louisa May Alcott back to health during the Civil War, but died herself from typhoid pneumonia on the 20 Jan 1863, at age 53, while working at the Union Hotel Hospital, Georgetown, Washington D.C.