Margaret Chase
Margaret Camajani | |
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| Born | Margaret Chase October 13, 1905[1] |
| Died | October 4, 1997 (aged 91) |
Margaret Alma Chase Camajani (October 13, 1905 – October 4, 1997) was an American Red Cross recreation club worker during World War II.[2] From August 1942 to May 1945 she was assigned to England and North Africa near General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters.
Biography
[edit]Chase graduated from the University of California, Berkeley circa 1927 and then taught art in several high schools in California.[1] In early 1942, she was an art teacher working at Lowell High School before she began working with the American Red Cross.[3][1]
Chase was initially sent to Naples, Italy as a Red Cross volunteer.[4] Chase was friends with Ernest "Tex" Lee during most of this time.[5][1] In 1944, Chase described her boat trip across the Atlantic, air raids, and how soldiers wanted to be clean and eat after they return from battle.[3] That year she became a member of the board of the San Luis Obispo, California chapter of the Red Cross.[6]
In her 1983 book Never Too Late, Chase was joined other authors who discounted the idea that Kay Summersby and Dwight D. Eisenhower had a love affair.[5][2]
At the age of 60, Chase married Giovanni Camajani.[7]
Selected publications
[edit]- Chase, Margaret (1983). Never too late. San Francisco, CA: Ausonia Press. ISBN 0-912429-00-3. OCLC 10099747.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "CHASE, MARGARET | Eisenhower Presidential Library". www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ a b Margaret Chase. Never Too Late. San Francisco. Ausonia Press. 1983. P. 20.
- ^ a b Holly, Hazel (1944-05-26). "Red Cross veteran tells of experiences in Italy". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ Holly, Hazel (1945-03-18). "Clipped From The San Francisco Examiner". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 21. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ a b Chapin, Dwight (1984-02-13). "The way they were". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 33. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Arsenio New Chairman SLO Red Cross Chapter". The Tribune. 1945-01-24. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ Chapin, Dwight (1985-02-14). "Love that endures". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 41. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
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