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Marjorie Hulsizer Copher
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'''Marjorie Hulsizer Copher''' (January 26, 1892 – May 19, 1935) was an American dietitian who served in France during [[World War I]].
==Early life==
Edith Marjorie Hulsizer was born in [[Flemington, New Jersey]], the daughter Abraham Chalmers Hulsizer and Alletta Van Nest Hill Hulsizer. Her father was a lawyer and mayor of Flemington.<ref>Ben van Doren Fisher, [http://bit.ly/2RKpT9P ''The Runkle Family''] (T. A. Wright 1899): 184.</ref> She attended Reading Academy High School<ref>[http://bit.ly/2H9Wdiw "Flemington"] ''Courier-News'' (June 16, 1909): 2. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> and graduated from [[Simmons University|Simmons College]] in 1916 (after starring as [[Prospero]] in her class's production of Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'').<ref>[http://bit.ly/2RIIVO2 "Simmons Seniors Have Class Day Exercises"] ''Boston Globe'' (June 14, 1916): 20. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref>
==Career==
Hulsizer worked as a dietitian at hospitals in Massachusetts early in her career. She was one of the charter members of the [[American Dietetic Association]] when it was founded in 1917. During World War I, she joined the [[Brigham and Women's Hospital|Peter Bent Brigham Hospital]] Unit, serving as a dietitian in [[Étaples]] and [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], France, with the British Expeditionary Force from May 1917 to the end of 1918, and then with American Expeditionary Force. She was decorated by the British and French for her wartime service. "We draw rations every morning of bacon, rice, onions, potatoes, tinned meat, milk, cocoa, jam, oleomargarine, pork and beans, sugar, salt, tea, cheese, bread, mustard, pepper, pickles, and coal and ice when they have it. I feed about one hundred and twenty people," she wrote in an account of her responsibilities.<ref>American National Red Cross, [http://bit.ly/2H94rY5 ''History of American Red Cross Nursing''] (Macmillan 1922): 1383-1384.</ref>
For a brief time after the war, she worked at the City Hospital in [[Buffalo, New York]]. From 1921 to 1925, Hulsizer worked at [[Barnes-Jewish Hospital]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], as head dietitian.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2RQtaos ''Report of the Barnes Hospital''] (H. S. Collins Press 1924-1925): 19, 83.</ref> She was active in the [[League of Women Voters]] and the Washington University Woman's Club.<ref name="STLObit">[http://bit.ly/2H7OUIg "Mrs. Marjorie Copher, War Dietition, Dies"] ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' (May 20, 1935): 10. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref>
==Personal life and legacy==
In 1924, Marjorie Hulsizer married Dr. Glover Hancock Copher, a surgeon and professor at the medical school of [[Washington University in St. Louis]]. They had a daughter, Marjorie Ann Copher (White). Marjorie Hulsizer Copher died in St. Louis in 1935, aged 43 years, from bronchogenic carcinoma, a form of lung cancer.<ref name="STLObit" /><ref>[http://bit.ly/2RLRwzx "Army Dietitian is Dead"] ''The Gazette'' (May 20, 1935): 9. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> The Library of Congress holds a small collection of Hulsizer's letters home from the war.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2HmFKYz Hulsizer Family Papers 1915-1941], Library of Congress.</ref>
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has given an annual Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Award to an outstanding "trailblazer" dietitian, since 1945.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2RP8E7m Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Award], Academy of Nutrition and Pediatrics.</ref>
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:1892 births]]
[[Category:1935 deaths]]
[[Category:American women in World War I]]
[[Category:Dietitians]]
[[Category:People from Flemington, New Jersey]]
==Early life==
Edith Marjorie Hulsizer was born in [[Flemington, New Jersey]], the daughter Abraham Chalmers Hulsizer and Alletta Van Nest Hill Hulsizer. Her father was a lawyer and mayor of Flemington.<ref>Ben van Doren Fisher, [http://bit.ly/2RKpT9P ''The Runkle Family''] (T. A. Wright 1899): 184.</ref> She attended Reading Academy High School<ref>[http://bit.ly/2H9Wdiw "Flemington"] ''Courier-News'' (June 16, 1909): 2. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> and graduated from [[Simmons University|Simmons College]] in 1916 (after starring as [[Prospero]] in her class's production of Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'').<ref>[http://bit.ly/2RIIVO2 "Simmons Seniors Have Class Day Exercises"] ''Boston Globe'' (June 14, 1916): 20. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref>
==Career==
Hulsizer worked as a dietitian at hospitals in Massachusetts early in her career. She was one of the charter members of the [[American Dietetic Association]] when it was founded in 1917. During World War I, she joined the [[Brigham and Women's Hospital|Peter Bent Brigham Hospital]] Unit, serving as a dietitian in [[Étaples]] and [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], France, with the British Expeditionary Force from May 1917 to the end of 1918, and then with American Expeditionary Force. She was decorated by the British and French for her wartime service. "We draw rations every morning of bacon, rice, onions, potatoes, tinned meat, milk, cocoa, jam, oleomargarine, pork and beans, sugar, salt, tea, cheese, bread, mustard, pepper, pickles, and coal and ice when they have it. I feed about one hundred and twenty people," she wrote in an account of her responsibilities.<ref>American National Red Cross, [http://bit.ly/2H94rY5 ''History of American Red Cross Nursing''] (Macmillan 1922): 1383-1384.</ref>
For a brief time after the war, she worked at the City Hospital in [[Buffalo, New York]]. From 1921 to 1925, Hulsizer worked at [[Barnes-Jewish Hospital]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], as head dietitian.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2RQtaos ''Report of the Barnes Hospital''] (H. S. Collins Press 1924-1925): 19, 83.</ref> She was active in the [[League of Women Voters]] and the Washington University Woman's Club.<ref name="STLObit">[http://bit.ly/2H7OUIg "Mrs. Marjorie Copher, War Dietition, Dies"] ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' (May 20, 1935): 10. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref>
==Personal life and legacy==
In 1924, Marjorie Hulsizer married Dr. Glover Hancock Copher, a surgeon and professor at the medical school of [[Washington University in St. Louis]]. They had a daughter, Marjorie Ann Copher (White). Marjorie Hulsizer Copher died in St. Louis in 1935, aged 43 years, from bronchogenic carcinoma, a form of lung cancer.<ref name="STLObit" /><ref>[http://bit.ly/2RLRwzx "Army Dietitian is Dead"] ''The Gazette'' (May 20, 1935): 9. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> The Library of Congress holds a small collection of Hulsizer's letters home from the war.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2HmFKYz Hulsizer Family Papers 1915-1941], Library of Congress.</ref>
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has given an annual Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Award to an outstanding "trailblazer" dietitian, since 1945.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2RP8E7m Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Award], Academy of Nutrition and Pediatrics.</ref>
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:1892 births]]
[[Category:1935 deaths]]
[[Category:American women in World War I]]
[[Category:Dietitians]]
[[Category:People from Flemington, New Jersey]]
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