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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 [...]
How World War I Inspired Black Americans to Fight for Dignity at Home
Victor Luckerson on the Lead-Up to the Tulsa Race Massacre The Tulsa Race Massacre decimated the neighborhood of Greenwood over the course of two days—May 31 and June 1, 1921—but such explosive carnage never stems [...]
Over There: A Tribute to WWI Army Nurse Corps Volunteer Anna Marie McMullen
More than a century ago, Allentown Hospital nurse died of pneumonia caring for soldiers in France Allentown Hospital nurse Anna Marie McMullen answered her country’s call in April 1918, shipping off to France along with [...]
How the ravages of history launched two profound professions
World War I helped transform therapy into two separate categories When a doctor recommends occupational therapy (OT), rather than physical therapy (PT), many people don't at first realize there are two kinds of therapies. It [...]
