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Also Known As Sister Elizabeth Kenny • Sister Kenny
Born September 20, 1880 • Australia
Died November 30, 1952 (aged 72) • Toowoomba • Australia
Subjects Of Study polio
Role In World War I

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Kemal Atatürk
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Woodrow Wilson
president of United States
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David Lloyd George
prime minister of United Kingdom
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George Patton
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Jan Smuts
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