American Women in World War I France
During the Spanish-American War, the YMCA initiated a program to recruit women to bring a little bit of home to U.S. troops. In this… read more
During the Spanish-American War, the YMCA initiated a program to recruit women to bring a little bit of home to U.S. troops. In this program from the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, historian Kara Dixon Vuic talked about the women from this same program who were sent to France during World War I. She is the author of The Girls Next Door: Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines. close
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