She served as president of the Halifax branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses and the Nova Scotia Red Cross . Dennis helped organize relief efforts following the Halifax Explosion of 1917 . She also ran the '' Halifax Herald '' after the death of her husband in 1920 . She had 10 children : four sons and six daughters . Dennis was named to the Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium in 1919 and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1934
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Agnes Dennis