Marguerite Standish Cockett
{{Short description|Archer}}
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Marguerite Standish Cockett, M.D. (August 7, 1878 – April 19, 1954), was an archer, author, artist and World War I ambulance driver.
Biography
She was born on August 7, 1878, in Cooperstown, New York, to Willard A. Cockett and Ollie Wood. She graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1905. She was a resident physician at New England Hospital from 1905 to 1906. She did her specialty training in ophthalmology in Paris and London from 1909 to 1910.
On August 24, 1916, she participated in the 38th National Archery Association tournament at Hudson County Park in Jersey City, New Jersey.{{cite news |title=Dr. Elmer Still Leads |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/08/24/104688102.pdf |newspaper=New York Times |date=August 24, 1916 |access-date=2014-08-05 }}
During World War I she started a female ambulance driver group with Hope Butler for the Twentieth French Army Corps where they served in Serbia.
She moved back to Cooperstown, New York, in 1919. She lived with Marjorie Jackson, and together they operated an antique store they started in 1922.
She died on April 19, 1954, in San Diego, California.{{cite encyclopedia |author=Benjamin F. Shearer |author-link=Benjamin F. Shearer |encyclopedia=Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime |title=Marguerite Standish Cockett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJhx8H8XLnQC&pg=PA163 |year=2007 |access-date=2014-08-06 |isbn= 9780313334214}}{{cite news |title=Dr. Crockett Rites Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/825893/dr_crockett_rites_saturday/? |newspaper=Daily Star |date=April 30, 1954 |access-date=2014-08-06 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/VV9659/womens-archery-meet?popup=1 Marguerite Standish Cockett] at Corbis
- {{commons category-inline|Marguerite Standish Cockett}}
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Category:Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:People from Cooperstown, New York