Community Service
Neltje Doubleday entertained regularly and participated in philanthropic work for the American Red Cross.
In 1917 she visited the Philippines and China on special assignment as a commissioner for the Red Cross. She died suddenly in Canton, China on February 21, 1918 at age 52.
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