Timeline of Marguerite Harrison’s life

Born Oct. 23, 1878, the first child of Bernard Baker and Elizabeth Livezey Baker

Attended St. Timothy’s School, Catonsville, Maryland, 1890-1895

Attended Radcliffe College, 1896

Marries Thomas Bullitt Harrison, June 6, 1901

Son Thomas Bullitt Harrison Jr. born March 15, 1902

Husband dies, June 30, 1915

Enters foreign intelligence service, December 1918

Reports from France and Germany, December 1918 to August 1919

Leaves for Russia assignment, October 1919

Enters Russia, February 1920

Arrested by Cheka, April 4, 1920

Works as a double agent, April to October 1920

Arrested Oct. 20, 1920, and imprisoned

Released July 30, 1921

Leaves for Asian tour, June 1922

Arrested in Far Eastern Republic, Nov. 21, 1922

Freed from Russian prison, February 20, 1923

Joins Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack on mission to the Middle East, August 1923

Returns to the United States, August 1924.

Marries Arthur Blake, February 26, 1926

Arthur Blake dies, May 3, 1947

Returns to Baltimore, 1947

Dies in Baltimore, July 16, 1967

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