Bailey Barton Burritt
American advocate
About Bailey Barton Burritt
Lived 1878 – 1954 (aged 76).
Bailey Barton Burritt (31 May 1878 in Monroe County, New York – 18 June 1954) was a United States public health and social welfare advocate known as "the father of the family health movement." He was the chairman of the executive council of the Community Service Society.
Biography He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1902 and Columbia University in 1903. He married Ruth Hogarth Dennis (1879–1960) on May 18, 1909.
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Who was Bailey Barton Burritt?
American advocate
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Bailey Barton Burritt was born on 31 May 1878.
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Bailey Barton Burritt died on 18 June 1954.
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