She is a nurse in World War 1. She was stationed in Paris and Brest, France in 1918-19 as a member of the YMCA Relief Commission.
She was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father was a Union Civil War Colonel and an Ohio State Senator. (Col. John Frank Herrick). She worked in Cleveland after WWI, never married and died in 1935 at the age of 54.
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The Neutrality Act of 1937.
of an intentional overdose of medication for an illness (suicide)
Pauline Cushman was born Harriet Wood on June 10, 1833. When she was 18, she left home and moved to New York to be an actress. When she arrived she changed her name to Charlotte Cushman after a famous actress.
Pauline Cushman, the American actress and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War, had two children. She had a son named Pauline Cushman Jr. and a daughter named Marie Antoinette Cushman. Pauline's life was full of adventure and intrigue, making her a fascinating figure in American history.
Little is known about Pauline Cushman's religion. She was a spy who pretended to support the Confederate cause but gave secret reports to the Union authorities. It is also believed that she committed suicide by taking too many sleeping pills.