Danish missionary Maria Jacobsen was known as "Mama" to thousands of children. She saved orphans during the Genocide in the American hospital at Kharberd, and later in a Lebanese orphanage following the mass evacuation of children from the Ottoman Empire in the 1920s.
Danish missionary Maria Jacobsen was known as "Mama" to thousands of children
Karen Jeppe was born in late 19th century Denmark into a middle-class family. Raised by a schoolteacher and his wife, she enjoyed an unremarkable childhood in a quiet, rural parish called Gylling.
The woman who played a pivotal role in saving a nation
Henry Morgenthau was a man with the courage to stand alone. As the US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, appointed by President Wilson in 1913, Morgenthau found himself confronting a tide of reports detailing wholesale massacre across the Ottoman Empire.
Henry Morgenthau was a man with the courage to stand alone
Bodil Katharine Bioern was born to a life of privilege. The daughter of a wealthy ship owner, she was one of relatively few girls in her sphere to enjoy an extensive education. By the end of 1918 Bodil had saved hundreds of Armenian orphans and women
By the end of 1918 Bodil had saved hundreds of Armenian orphans and women
