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Women march to defend the flag in wartime America
The article details American women nationwide taking up military training and defense roles. It cites Miss America, socialites, and college students learning shooting, entrenching tools, and drill, forming units and camps in New York, New Jersey, Washington, and beyond. Prominent patrons back hospitals, nursing, and defense societies while historic references to Amazons and wartime women appear in a period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Columbia
Susie
Uncle Sam
6Th Regiment of
New York
American Women’s League For Self-Defence
J. Hungerford Millbank
Oro
Port Jefferson
Longlaland
Lakwood
N. J
Anne Morgan
Inkowa Club
C. Monteith Gilpin
National Guard
Theodora Booth
Gen
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army Fame
Washington Girls
Thoma Clark
James M. Thompson
New Oreans
Callie Hoke Smith
Georgia
United States
Columbus
New Mexico
Fifth Avenue