From The Virginian-Pilot newspaper, Feb. 1, 1935: "Mrs. Jennie Goodell Blow, wife of Allmand A. Blow, of Norfolk, died recently in New York after a stroke. Mrs. Blow was one of the first American women to be honored by a private audience with a British sovereign, having won this distinction by her work in obtaining for the British Navy, during the Boer War, its first hospital ship. Living in London with her husband, a mining engineer, during the Boer War, Mrs. Blow organized the American Ladies' Hospital Ship Fund for South Africa. The organization obtained a freight ship, and then raised money to have it rebuilt as a hospital ship. No British money was accepted. A staff of American doctors and nurses was installed on the rebuilt vessel, which was turned over to the British Navy complete, and which brought more than 500 patients back from Cape Town to Liverpool. For this service, Mrs. Blow had a private audience with Queen Victoria, and later received from the Queen the decoration of Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. The granddaughter of Governor Joel E. Matteson of Illinois, Miss Jennie Goodell married Mr. Blow in Leadville, Colo., in 1879. They moved to Transvaal, South Africa, where Mr. Blow was manager of the Sheba Gold MIning Company of London, and later moved to London. In 1904 Mr. and Mrs. Blow returned to the United States, and acquired Belleville, a Colonial Estate in Gloucester County, Va. Mrs. Blow is survived by two sons, George Blow and Allmand M. Blow, and three sisters and a brother. Her husband was the son of Judge George Blow, of Norfolk, and member of a well-known Norfolk family whose name was given to Blow street. Mrs. Blow was buried Monday in the family plot in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond."
From The Virginian-Pilot newspaper, Feb. 1, 1935: "Mrs. Jennie Goodell Blow, wife of Allmand A. Blow, of Norfolk, died recently in New York after a stroke. Mrs. Blow was one of the first American women to be honored by a private audience with a British sovereign, having won this distinction by her work in obtaining for the British Navy, during the Boer War, its first hospital ship. Living in London with her husband, a mining engineer, during the Boer War, Mrs. Blow organized the American Ladies' Hospital Ship Fund for South Africa. The organization obtained a freight ship, and then raised money to have it rebuilt as a hospital ship. No British money was accepted. A staff of American doctors and nurses was installed on the rebuilt vessel, which was turned over to the British Navy complete, and which brought more than 500 patients back from Cape Town to Liverpool. For this service, Mrs. Blow had a private audience with Queen Victoria, and later received from the Queen the decoration of Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. The granddaughter of Governor Joel E. Matteson of Illinois, Miss Jennie Goodell married Mr. Blow in Leadville, Colo., in 1879. They moved to Transvaal, South Africa, where Mr. Blow was manager of the Sheba Gold MIning Company of London, and later moved to London. In 1904 Mr. and Mrs. Blow returned to the United States, and acquired Belleville, a Colonial Estate in Gloucester County, Va. Mrs. Blow is survived by two sons, George Blow and Allmand M. Blow, and three sisters and a brother. Her husband was the son of Judge George Blow, of Norfolk, and member of a well-known Norfolk family whose name was given to Blow street. Mrs. Blow was buried Monday in the family plot in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond."
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