Betsie Ten Boom
Elisabeth ten Boom (1885-1944) was one of the leading characters in The Hiding Place, a book written by her sister Corrie ten Boom about the family's experiences during World War II. Nicknamed Betsie, she suffered with pernicious anemia from her birth. The oldest of five Ten Boom children, she did not leave the family and marry, but remained at home until World War II.
Read more about Betsie Ten Boom: Congenital Pernicious Anemia, Career and Education, 1940-1944, Bibliography
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