Naval Destroyer Higbee II: Namesake Received Navy Cross for her WWI Service
Mrs. L.S. Higbee at her desk, photograph by Harris & Ewing, 1918. All reporting U.S. Navy :Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee was born in Chatham, Canada, on 18 May 1874. After immigrating to the United States, she completed her nursing training at New York Postgraduate Hospital in 1899 and later received further training at Fordham Hospital. On …