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|alias=Florence Cohen<br />
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|branch=Women's Army Corps<br />
|birth_year=1920<br />
|death_date=18 March 2000<br />
|death_year=2000<br />
|birth_place=Portsmouth, New Hampshire<br />
|death_place=Jerusalem<br />
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'''Florence Lewis''' (née '''Cohen''', c. 1920&ndash;18 March 2000) was a Women's Army Corps (WAC) member who served in the military intelligence division at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Florence (Cohen) Lewis was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and later lived for many years in Worcester, Massachusetts. She earned a combined bachelor of arts and law degree in 1941 from Calvin Coolidge College and Portia Law School in Boston. After working as a lawyer for about a year and a half, she joined the Women's Army Corps in 1943 and served in the military intelligence division at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland.<br />
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After the war she was active in Beth Israel Synagogue in Worcester, serving on its board of directors. She was president of the New England Region of the Women's League for Conservative Judaism, the first woman national vice president of the United Synagogue of America, and the first president of the Solomon Schechter Day School in Worcester. She moved to Jerusalem in 1998 and died there on 18 March 2000.<br />
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== Research notes ==<br />
* Not found on the Gross–Eddy Camp Ritchie WAC spreadsheet under Lewis/Cohen; profile created from a published Worcester ''Telegram & Gazette'' obituary (14 April 2000) stating WAC military-intelligence service at Camp Ritchie. No ASN located.<br />
* Maiden surname '''Cohen'''; married name Lewis (husband Jean L. Lewis, died 1993).<br />
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* c. 1920 — Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (age 80 at death in 2000).<br />
* 1941 — Combined B.A. and law degree, Calvin Coolidge College and Portia Law School, Boston.<br />
* 1943 — Joined the Women's Army Corps; served in military intelligence at Camp Ritchie.<br />
* 1998 — Moved to Jerusalem.<br />
* 18 March 2000 — Died in Jerusalem.<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
* ''Florence Lewis, 80, was local day school president,'' ''Telegram & Gazette'' (Worcester, Mass.), 14 April 2000, p. B5 (ProQuest; RB Archive packet)<br />
* [[Ritchie WACs]]</div>Admin