Woman Attacked on Mall
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PrintGloria Dean Whipple is severely beaten in an attack on the National Mall. Whipple had been serving as a volunteer monitor at an Associates' puppet-making class in the Arts and Industries Building and was walking to the Metro at 10:30 p.m., when the attack occurred. She subsequently died from her injuries on October 5, 1979.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Torch, 11/1979, p. 7.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
September 17, 1979
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