Gordon worked as a triage nurse for the British Army during World War II, and was interrogated and tortured by the Gestapo. She has been active in hospice work for the past forty years and travels extensively as a hospice consultant. She is a founding board member of several hospices in the United States and also is a member of more than a dozen advisory boards including the Salvation Army and the Family Violence Program. She is adjunct professor at Troy State School of Nursing and Lenoire College of Nursing, and is a frequent speaker at military installations around the U.S. Gordon is a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She also holds a Doctorate in Thanatology from Columbia University.
Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
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