American Decades

Deaths

Hendrik Christian Andersen, 68, sculptor and painter who advocated peace by promoting the erection of a "Universal City," 19 December 1940.

William Banks, 100, commander in chief of United Confederate Veterans, 6 January 1946.

Matilda G. Bausch, 85, philanthropist and wife of Edward Bausch, chairman of the board of Bausch and Lomb Optical Company, 14 July 1940.

Theodore Bear, 76, creator of the teddy bear, 19 November 1940.

Maude Potter Bennett, 80?, social leader and widow of noted sportsman, financier, and eccentric James Gordon Bennett, 4 February 1946.

Rose Ann Billington, 83, noted suffragist and member of the National Democratic Committee, 12 October 1942.

Emily P. Bissell, 86, writer and social worker who originated the Christmas Seal drive to fight tuberculosis, 8 March 1947.

Harriet Stanton Blatch, 84, leader in the fight for...

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