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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 [...]
Women’s Fashion During World War I: 1914–1920
Women's fashions of 1914–1920 were heavily influenced by World War I (The Great War) as well as the women's suffrage movement. Though clothing of this time is often referred to as Edwardian, in the strictest [...]
How Montana Fought World War I
As the Great War shook the world, Montana felt more impact than most states. WWI was at the nexus of political and immigration issues, labor strife, and a deadly pandemic, as well as the beginning [...]
A brief history of the WWI Espionage Act in the Pacific Northwest
The WWI-era law former President Trump is accused of breaking has a controversial past, with a first few prosecutions tracing back to Seattle. he Espionage Act is in the news with the indictment and arrest [...]
