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Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is born in Zurich, Switzerland
The first born of triplets. -
Enrolled in the medical school at the University of Zurich.
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Graduated from the University of Zurich
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She moved to New York
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Married Emanuel Robert Ross
An American doctor she met in medical school. -
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Rotating Internship, Community Hospital, Glen Cove, Long Island, NY
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Accepted a position at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
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Completed her training in psychiatry.
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Became an instructor at the University of Chicago’s medical school.
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Her first book "On Death & Dying" was published
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A Life magazine ran an article on Kübler-Ross,
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She delivered the The Ingersoll Lectures on Human Immortality at the University of Harvard
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"Questions & Answers on Death & Dying" was published
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President, Ross Medical Assoc. (S.C.) Flossmoor, IL., 1973
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Death: The Final Stage of Growth
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Woman of the Year in Science and Research
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President, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center, Head Waters, Virginia, 1977
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"To Live Until We Say Goodbye" was published
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Her husband requested a divorce.
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Ladies' Home Journal honored her with a Woman of the Decade Award
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"The Dougy Letter -A Letter to a Dying Child" was published
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"Working It Through" was published
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"Living With Death & Dying" was published
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"Remember The Secret" was published
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Purchased a 300-acre farm in Head Waters, Virginia there she built a healing center for workshops
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Announced her intention to adopt AIDS-infected babies
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"On Children & Death" was published
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"AIDS: The Ultimate Challenge" was published
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Her house was set on fire and burned to the ground.
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Suffered a series of major strokes, which left her paralyzed
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Retired
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Forty acres of land in Escondido, California, near San Diego, where she founded "Shanti Nilaya" (Home of Peace). She intended it as a healing center for the dying and their families.
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"The Wheel of Life" was published
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Time magazine named her as one of the "100 Most Important Thinkers" of the past century
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"Life Lessons" was published
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Moved into a hospice.
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Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross died at the age of 78
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“On Grief and Grieving” was published
Elisabeth’s last book, co-written with David Kessler. -
Chosen for induction intoThe National Women’s Hall Of Fame