Helen Stevenson and her mother,
Eleanor, at home in Oberlin, OH. October 1950.
"Helen Stevenson
is leaving for Korea and her mother 'feels like a fire horse smelling smoke.'
Helen, 22, has just signed up for two years as a staff assistant in the
Red Cross clubs near the front lines....There's no glory and even less
glamour, and Helen cut short a tour in Europe to take the assignment. But
it's not surprising. Her father, William E. Stevenson, now president of
Oberlin College, and her mother, Eleanor, spent several years during World
War II doing the same sort of thing....'And I don't even know a general
from a Corporal,' said Helen, who graduated from Colorado College in June.
'I'm going to find out, though, and I hope I can be of some use. I can't
let the family down.'"
--Cleveland
Press, 25 Oct. 1950
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