Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark

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Overview

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Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark born Baltimore, MD May 6, 1896 (d. 2000). Quaker pacifist; nurse. Aided child refugees with American Friends Service Committee, Poland, 1921; delivered famine relief, Russia, 1922. Medical service in Tagore, India, 1931-34; Russia, 1936-77.

Quotations

“The divine is in every human being born in the world, regardless of race, country, and religious belief, or lack of religion.” (Friends Journal, Feb. 1, 1985; photo AFSC)