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Beyond the Battlefield: 10+ Ways World War I Reshaped American Women’s Lives
The aftermath of World War I ushered in significant shifts in the U.S., particularly in women’s roles. As men left for the battlefront, women entered professions and responsibilities previously reserved for their male counterparts. This [...]
Memorial Park’s history as site of 1917 Houston Mutiny commemorated in new exhibit
A new historical exhibit coming to Memorial Park will commemorate the anniversary of the 1917 Houston Mutiny and Riots, a World War I-era event that took place prior to the park's establishment when it was [...]
‘I Want You’: 5 Of America’s Best World War I Recruitment Posters
World War I produced the United States’ most iconic military propaganda poster of all time. “I Want You for U.S. Army” by James Montgomery Flagg You know the one: A stern Uncle Sam, [...]
How the Start of World War I Changed an American Heiress’s Life Forever
On the one hand, Mrs. Stan Harding Krayl, as she was known in Germany, and Mrs. Marguerite Harrison had much in common. Well bred, well educated, and well traveled, both were reddish-haired beauties with mischievous [...]
The Closest Calls: How America Nearly Forged a Different Path in 1916
The obvious “what ifs” about a Hughes presidency revolve around whether he would have encouraged the U.S. to enter World War I (likely yes) and whether he would have compromised with the Senate to gain [...]
World War Wednesday: Ice Cream and Hospital Ships (1918)
Ice Cream, the Navy, and World War I I've been getting a lot of calls for information about ice cream lately, and that has sent me down a rabbit hole. I did a whole talk [...]
A Name not found on the Wall of Honor: A Forgotten Story of World War I Sacrifice
Four years ago I wrote an article on Ohio Counties Memorializing their World War I deaths in service. While I was reading period newspapers to research the local World War I deaths in service I [...]
The Battle of the Skirt
How Flappers and World War I Transformed the Fashion Industry I can show my shoulders, I can show my knees; I’m a free-born American And can show what I please. *** On August 23, 1923, [...]
Arizona At War – World War I
“The standard of respectability in America today is to own a home, own Liberty Bonds and have a war garden.” – Phoenix Tribune, August 24,1918 World War I may have started as a fight between [...]
