She worked in Asia in the 1920s , advising the Governor General of the Philippines on public health nursing , and founding a nursing program at Baguio . She did further earthquake relief in Japan after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake . She started a nursing school in Bangkok in 1924 , and studied nursing programs in Thailand , Hong Kong , Singapore , and China . In 1927 , she was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Alice Fitzgerald