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WOMEN IN THE WAR

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german doctor kock palestine woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Red Cross in Palestine.

Dr. Kock the first and only German nurse in the desert with her helpers

between 1917 and 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

german doctor kock palestine woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

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Red Cross in Palestine.

Dr. Kock the first and only German nurse in the desert with her helpers

between 1917 and 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

nurse woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Group of nurses in front of their tent at A.R.C. Evacuation Hospital No. 110

at [...] far up in the country, recently wrested from the Germans

September 1918

Photographer  : ARC Commission to France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

cleveland ohio nurse woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

The Cleveland, Ohio, delegation forming eleven of the total of 150 nurses

who went from there early in the war.

October 1917 

Photographer : Paul Thompson.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

cheta geary denver letitia laetitia curtis san francisco woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

First two American Red Cross women to enter Germany.

Miss Cheeta Geary of Denver, Colo., Miss Letitia Curtis of San Francisco

ca. 1918 or 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

cheta geary denver letitia laetitia curtis san francisco woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme
cheta geary denver letitia laetitia curtis san francisco woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

First two American Red Cross women to enter Germany.

Miss Cheeta Geary of Denver, Colo., Miss Letitia Curtis of San Francisco

ca. 1918 or 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

saint louis bale cheta geary denver letitia laetitia curtis san francisco woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Saint Louis

Saint Louis.jpg

A.R.C. canteen work at St. Ludwig Alsace and the trip of the two Red Cross girls,

canteen workers, Miss Cheta Geary, of Denver, and Miss Letitia Curtis of San Francisco

who fed the Italian and Allied released prisoners and went over into Baden, Germany,

being the first American women to enter Germany after the signing of the armistice

ca. 1918 or 1919

Photographer  : ARC

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

saint louis bale cheta geary denver letitia laetitia curtis san francisco woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Saint Louis

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A.R.C. canteen work at St. Ludwig Alsace and the trip of the two Red Cross girls, canteen workers, Miss Cheta Geary, of Denver, and Miss Letitia Curtis of San Francisco who fed the Italian and Allied released prisoners and went over into Baden, Germany, being the first American women to enter Germany after the signing of the armistice

ca. 1918 or 1919

Photographer  : ARC

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

lyon florence lee holtzman woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Lyon

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Mrs. Florence Lee Holtzman, who in three weeks turned a German Consul's Villa into an A.R.C. Hospital for French refugee children, Lyon

1918

Photographer  : ARC Commission to France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

lyon florence lee holtzman woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Lyon

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Mrs. Florence Lee Holtzman, who in three weeks turned a German Consul's Villa into an A.R.C. Hospital for French refugee children, Lyon

1918

Photographer  : ARC Commission to France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

nurse marjorie kay new york woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

American girl in the American hospital in France.

Miss Marjorie Kay of New York has spent about a year in the American Hospital in France.

The photograph shows her in attendance in the operating room where the jaws of a French soldier are being reconstructed after a German shell had battered them beyond recognition

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer : International Film Service

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

marjorie kay new york france woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

[close up] * Note the manual modifications on the photo

American girl in the American hospital in France.

Miss Marjorie Kay of New York has spent about a year in the American Hospital in France.

The photograph shows her in attendance in the operating room where the jaws of a French soldier are being reconstructed after a German shell had battered them beyond recognition

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer : International Film Service

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

nurse williams marne wounded leicester hospital woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Leicester

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In the Fifth Northern General Hospital at Leicester, England.

Sergent Williams of the 2nd Suffolk who was badly wounded at the Battle of the Marne.

He had a leg shot away but secured a German Artillery Officer's helmet.

He is here showing it to a nurse

October 1917 

Photographer : Paul Thompson.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

evian vieux woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Evian

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These old people sit patiently about the fire at the Hospital du College,

a refuge for repatriate old people at Evian.

They have all been to Germany and have been returned to France,

they were only burdens to the Germans

April 1918

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

evian baby woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Evian

Evian.jpg

One of the many children born by French girls held captive by the Germans and surrendered

to the American Red Cross on their Mothers' Repatriation.

At Evian

1918

Photographer  : ARC Commission to France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

dieppe woman in war ww1 guerre 14 18 femme

Dieppe

Dieppe.jpg

Refugees from Paris waiting at Dieppe to take boat to England

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer: International Film Service.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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