Dr. Mabel E. Elliott

12/15/2025

Well what a surprise! My great nephew, Jim Elliott Neil, came to the Christmas market in West Palm Beach, Florida, at our church, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. He was standing in front of of the booth staring at my photo on the easel. "That’s my aunt!" He knew nothing of my biography, Unbreakable Healer! He is the grandson of my youngest sister, Berthe Elliott Neil.

12/03/2025

Happy hump day! Me on a camel by the pyramids in Egypt, 1923.

11/28/2025

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11/18/2025

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Author Ginger Pedersen will discuss Dr. Mabel E. Elliott's life at free lectures Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Thursday in Lake Worth Beach and Nov. 24 in Boynton Beach.

11/15/2025

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This is the kick-off presentation for this inspiring story of how one person can make a difference in the world. The Elliott family has the deepest of West Palm Beach roots, and we can claim this hero and healer as our own.

10/31/2025

Kirkus Reviews has spoken on Unbreakable Healer - “Pedersen offers an excellent account of Elliott’s experiences that are the clear result of impressive detective work... an inspiring reminder of how a single person’s effort can have enormous effects and one that will certainly resonate in today’s world of refugee crises. Our verdict—GET IT.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gl-pedersen/unbreakable-healer/

10/25/2025

Azniv Orchanian Beyekian was my interpreter in my work at the Marash Hospital. When the exodus came with the French on that frightful night in February, 1920, I placed Azniv in a wagon as they made their way across the Ta**us mountains. Once we were safe in Adana, I arranged her travel to America to be fostered by my friend Grace Brown in Detroit. Here Azniv is lovingly looking at her grandson Bruce in the 1960s. Today he is Dr. Bruce Mortimer, veterinarian, in Michigan. She was a refugee. She was an immigrant. The makings of many great Americans in a time lost to today.

10/21/2025

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10/08/2025

This is my actual brass ink stand from the Battle of Marash. You can see the bullet hole in the base, one of the first shots fired in the battle that pierced the plaster walls of my quarters.

10/05/2025

My memorial window at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in West Palm Beach, Florida.

10/04/2025

Today is my sister Beatrice’s birthday, but also the day of her passing. She was my lifelong companion, living with me in my early years in my Michigan practice, spending two years in Japan with me, and later in retirement. She was an expert seamstress and upholsterer. I called her “Bea” and she called me “Spuddie.” In this photo we are in Greece, where she was a good sport on our misadventures.

09/29/2025

Near East Relief did humanitarian work throughout the region. One of their campaigns was "Say it with Flour," to play off of the "Say it with Flowers" advertising campaign. Everyday Americans gave pennies, nickels, and dimes that saved thousands of lives.