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Mary Helen Young

Mary Helen Young, Scottish nurse and resistance fighter during World War II (died 1945)

Born
June 5, 1883
Died
March 14, 1945
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1883

About Mary Helen Young

Mary Helen Young was a Scottish nurse and resistance fighter who helped British servicemen escape from Nazi-occupied France during World War II. She was imprisoned by the Gestapo and put to death at Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1945. Mary Helen Young (5 June 1883 – 14 March 1945) was a Scottish nurse and resistance fighter who helped British servicemen escape from Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Her sister and sole next-of-kin, Elizabeth Ann Sutherland, raised a legal action to settle Young's estate.

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The world when Mary Helen Young was born

Mary Helen Young was born in 1883. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBrooklyn Bridge opens after 14 years of construction
  • Technology milestoneFirst standardized time zones adopted
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population52.8M

1883 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mary Helen Young's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18832026
Population52.8M341 million

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