File:Alice Evans (1881-1975) (33967909352).jpg

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Description In 1918, wanting to aid in the war effort, Dr. Alice Evans inquired of the Hygienic Laboratory whether her services might be of use in connection with the war effort. She learned that a position in bacteriology was open in the Laboratory, and Evans was accepted for the job. She joined a team working to improve the serum treatment for epidemic meningitis. Evans retired in 1945 from the National Institute (later Institutes) of Health. Never one to back down on her beliefs, Evans protested in 1966, at the age of 85, that the disclaimer of communist affiliation on the Medicare application violated her right of free speech. In January 1967, the Department of Justice conceded that this provision was unconstitutional, and it was never enforced. She died in Virginia at the age of 94. In 1963 she wrote her Memoirs. <a href="https://history.nih.gov/archives/downloads/aliceevans.pdf" rel="nofollow">history.nih.gov/archives/downloads/aliceevans.pdf</a>
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Source Alice Evans (1881-1975)
Author NIH History Office from Bethesda
Camera location39° 00′ 13.36″ N, 77° 06′ 04.79″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Public domain This image is a work of the National Institutes of Health, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by History at NIH at https://flickr.com/photos/124413887@N04/33967909352 (archive). It was reviewed on 29 December 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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