Flora E. Bovio was born on November 25, 1910, to Italian immigrants in Baltimore, Maryland.

Although we know little of her life before and after the war, Bovio worked as a stenographer in New York City before joining the MFAA Section of the Office of Military Government, US (OMGUS) in Germany. As a civilian clerk typist and secretary, she conducted administrative work at the MFAA office in Karlsruhe for chief of the MFAA Section, Richard F. Howard, among others. Bovio adapted to work in such a fast-paced environment with enthusiasm. When an American newspaper asked her to comment on her work in military government, she remarked that, “I have always liked excitement and as long as things are going to happen, I’d just as soon be right in the center of them.” (The Terre Haute Tribune, April 2, 1948).

Bovio continued her duties with the MFAA until at least September 1948. She then returned to New York City, where she worked at Midtown Galleries, the prominent art gallery founded by Alan G. Gruskin.

She died in Los Angeles, California, on June 6, 1970.

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