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Women, War and the Home Front

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Jane Jeffrey citation, 1918

Jane Jeffrey citation, 1918

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Maine Historical Society

Jeffrey received further treatment in an American convalescent home. While there, she was offered a job as a nurse at the Poland Spring House by E.P. Ricker, proprietor of the resort.

At Poland Spring, she met Ricker's brother, Alvan Bolster Ricker. The two were married.

Jane Jeffrey Ricker was active in the Poland Spring community and her bequests provided funds for a library building bearing her husband's name.

Note that the certificate was intended for men and the "him" and "his" have been crossed out to make it appropriate for a woman.