Calliope Tatti
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Calliope Tatti (Greek: Καλλιόπη Τάττη; born 1894, Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire; died September 1978) was a Greek nurse and philanthropist from Thessaloniki.[1][better source needed] She volunteered as a nurse during the Balkan Wars and was later active in women's charitable associations in Thessaloniki.
Tatti was born in Thessaloniki, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1894.[1] She studied at the English School of Thessaloniki during the final period of Ottoman rule in the city. She was reported to have spoken English, French, Turkish, and Greek.
Nursing and public service
After the capture of Thessaloniki by the Hellenic Army under Crown Prince Constantine during the First Balkan War in 1912, Tatti volunteered as a nurse at a hospital organized by the Central City School. The hospital treated wounded soldiers during the Balkan Wars.
Tatti later took part in a number of charitable associations in Thessaloniki. She served as vice-president and later chairman of the Phoenix charitable association from 1933 to 1941, and of the Philoptochos Fraternity of Thessaloniki Ladies from 1940 to 1950. During the German occupation of Greece, she used her personal resources to support residents of the city during the starvation period (1941–1944).