Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials : How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945 /

"Investigates the ground-breaking role American women played in commemorating those who served and sacrificed in World War I"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finkelstein, Allison S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Societies and clubs.
Women.
Voluntarism.
Veterans.
Patriotic societies.
Memorialization.
Collective memory.
Anniversaries.
Collective memory > United States.
Voluntarism > United States > History > 20th century.
Patriotic societies > United States > History > 20th century.
Memorialization > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Anniversaries, etc.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > United States.
World War, 1914-1918 > Women > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Carry on : the Women's Overseas Service League and veteranist commemorations
  • Service inscribed in stone : compromise at the American Red Cross's Memorial Building to Women of the World War
  • Commemoration through rehabilitation : the World War Reconstruction Aides Association
  • "Let us take up the torch individually and collectively" : the American War Mothers and veteranist commemorations
  • "A great and living monument" : the Gold Star Pilgrimages as veteranist memorials
  • Conclusion: Beyond the Great War.

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