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Betty Olsen, the Glossary

Betty Ann Olsen (October 22, 1934 –) was an African-born American nurse and missionary.^[1]

34 relations: Alliance University (New York City), Alliance World Fellowship, Đắk Lắk province, Bouaké, Buôn Ma Thuột, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Chicago, Christian mission, Da Lat, Da Nang, Dysentery, French West Africa, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Isocyanic acid, Leper colony, Missionary, Missionary kid, Mount Dora, Florida, Mung bean, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Nursing, Nyack, New York, Obstetrics, People's Army of Vietnam, Prisoner of war, Seattle, South Vietnam, Tet Offensive, United Service Organizations, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vietnamese language.
American women in the Vietnam War
Christian missionaries in Vietnam
People from Bouaké
Vietnam War casualties
Vietnam War nurses

Alliance University (New York City)

Alliance University (formerly Nyack College was a private Christian university affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Located in New York, New York, the university offered undergraduate and graduate programs; in addition, it included Alliance Theological Seminary. In June 2023, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education announced that it would revoke the University's main accreditation in December 2023 due to the university's significant and ongoing financial challenges.

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Alliance World Fellowship

The Alliance World Fellowship (or The Alliance, also C&MA and CMA) is an evangelical Christian denomination within the Higher Life movement of Christianity, teaching a modified form of Keswickian theology.

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Đắk Lắk province

Đắk Lắk or Daklak (formerly Darlac) is a central mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Gia Lai to the north, Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa to the east, Lâm Đồng and Đắk Nông to the south, and Mondulkiri of Cambodia to the west.

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Bouaké

Bouaké (or Bwake, N’ko: ߓߐ߰ߞߍ߫ Bɔ̀ɔkɛ́) is the second-largest city in Ivory Coast, with a population of 740,000 (2021 census).

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Buôn Ma Thuột

Buôn Ma Thuột (formerly Lạc Giao) or sometimes Buôn Mê Thuột or Ban Mê Thuột, is the capital city of Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Christian mission

A Christian mission is an organized effort to carry on evangelism or other activities, such as educational or hospital work, in the name of the Christian faith.

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Da Lat

Da Lat or Dalat (Đà Lạt), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province and the largest city of the Central Highlands region in Vietnam.

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Da Nang

Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (Đà Nẵng,, Hán Nôm: 陀㶞) is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population.

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Dysentery

Dysentery, historically known as the bloody flux, is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea.

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French West Africa

French West Africa (Afrique-Occidentale française, italic) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger.

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Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly referred to by its former name Saigon (Sài Gòn), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Isocyanic acid

Isocyanic acid is a chemical compound with the structural formula HNCO, which is often written as.

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Leper colony

A leper colony, also known by many other names, is an isolated community for the quarantining and treatment of lepers, people suffering from leprosy.

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Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.

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Missionary kid

Missionary’s kids (or MKs) are the children of missionary parents, and thus born or raised abroad (that is, on the "mission-field").

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Mount Dora, Florida

Mount Dora is a city in Lake County, Florida.

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Mung bean

The mung bean (Vigna radiata), alternatively known as green gram, mungo bean or mongo bean, is a plant species in the legume family.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital is located in Park Slope in Brooklyn, New York, between 7th and 8th Avenues, on 6th Street.

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Nursing

Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence".

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Nyack, New York

Nyack is a village located primarily in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States.

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Obstetrics

Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.

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People's Army of Vietnam

The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; of Vietnam), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (lit) or the People's Army (Quân đội Nhân dân), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wing of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.

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Tet Offensive

The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.

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United Service Organizations

The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is an American nonprofit-charitable corporation that provides live entertainment, such as comedians, actors and musicians, social facilities, and other programs to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Olsen

Also known as Betty Ann Olsen.

Betty Olsen, the Glossary

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See also

American women in the Vietnam War

Christian missionaries in Vietnam

People from Bouaké

Vietnam War casualties

Vietnam War nurses

References