Met lit. opg. xvi, 491 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Met lit. opg. en index. xviii, 683 p., [16] p. pl. : krt. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographies. XX, 421 p. : port., maps. ; 24 cm.

Helen Bates Rickert (later Helen Simmons, 1915-2011) was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, to Charles (1885-1962) and Bessie (1885-1925) Bates. She had six siblings, Charles Jr. (1907-2003), Betty (1909-?), Edward (1911-1972), Doris (1916-?), William (1920-?), and Beatrice (1923-?). In the 1930s, Helen married Arthur Rickert (1914-1937), who soon died of scarlet fever. Helen trained as a nurse at Abington ...