This episode takes a closer look at women’s contributions to the war efforts. The war opened more opportunities for women, even before the U.S. officially entered the war in 1917. Although many men disapproved of women’s work, there were also some powerful men who supported roles for women, such as Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and General John J. Pershing. Women participated as doctors and nurses, as well as organizing numerous activities on the homefront, both in support of the war...

This episode of Mail Call brings to life some war-time correspondence. Letters provide an intimate perspective of the lives of soldiers and their families. In particular, the following selections highlight the day-to-day experiences of ordinary soldiers and officers. Selections from Edward D. Forman postcard collection, 1918 https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:336023 Letter, To: “Miss E. V. Glanville” From: Arthur Evanson Glanville, August 15,...

The Washington Herald, No. 3934, July 30, 1917 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1917-07-30/ed-1/seq-6/ p. 6: “Africans Hate Teuton Sway British Administrator Says” The American Ambulance in Russia: “For the Soldiers!” https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:466652 Harrisburg Telegraph, LXXXVI – No. 25, October 18, 1917 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038411/1917-10-18/ed-1/seq-16/ p. 16: “Bolsheviki — The Danger of Russia” New York herald, Whole...

Show Notes: The Fatherland v. 5 no. 26, January 31, 1917 https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:148124 p. 5: “Rasputin–The Sorceror of Russia” New-York tribune, v. 76, no. 25,685, March 13, 19173e http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1917-03-13/ed-1/seq-3/ p. 3: “Czar Suspends Duma Sitting; Revolt Threatens Russia” Bulletin (San Francisco), v. 123, no. 136, Thursday March 15, 1917 https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:468601 p. 1: “Czar...

Show Notes: The Fatherland v. 5 no. 26, January 31, 1917 https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:148124 p. 3: “Mr Wilson’s Sermon on the Mount” T. P.’s journal for men and women, v. V, no. 59, February, 1917. https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:358033 p. 93: “The Meaning of America’s Move” ~commercial break~ T. P.’s journal for men and women, v. V, no. 59, February, 1917. https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:358033 p. viii: LUX soap ~end commercial...

Show Notes: Chicago Ledger, v. XLIV, no. 17, April 22, 1916. http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:444931 p. 22: “Easter Time” Dublin after the Six Days’ Insurrection : thirty-one pictures from the camera of Mr. T. W. Murphy. http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:119133 p. 31: Proclamation of the Irish Republic The Washington times, April 25, 1916, Home Edition http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1916-04-25/ed-1/ p. 1: “Rebels in Dublin Seize Part of...

Show Notes: Evening public ledger., August 25, 1915. p. 4: “Allies Checked By Turks in Gallipoli Fight” http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1915-08-25/ed-1/seq-4/ Margaret Emilia Brunner Scrapbook, 1914-1915. p. 186: “Major Brunner, R.E., Missing” – Northwich Guardian, Sept. 3, 1915. (Uspal) p. 186: Personal ads – Morning Post, Sept. 3, 1915. http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:397775 The chemist and druggist, Vol. 88, no. 38 = no. 1912 (16 Sept. 1916). p....

Show Notes: Happy days : a paper for young and old, v. XLII, no. 1071, April 24, 1915. p. 5-6: Chapter IX, “At the Firing Line” p. 16: Advert: “The Joker’s Cigar” Ardmore Chronicle – Volume XXVI, No. 31, Saturday, May 8, 1915. p. 1: “Big Parade Stimulus to Woman Suffrage” Happy days : a paper for young and old, v. XLII, no. 1073, May 8, 1915. p. 7: “Interesting Items” The Gaelic American – Vol. XII No. 19, May 8, 1915, Whole Number 608. p. 3: “Leaves from a traveller’s notebook” Star...

Show Notes: The Fra : a Journal of Affirmation v. 14 no. 2 (November 1914) Page 33-35: “A Family Feud” Page ix: Advert: “Flowergrams” Happy days : a paper for young and old, v. XLI, no. 1052, December 12, 1914. Page 14: Story excerpt: “Fighting Fred Fay, or, a Yankee Boy in the Big War” Chapter XVIII  Ardmore Chronicle, Volume XXVI, No. 12, Saturday, December 26, 1914. Page 2: “The Christmas Spirit,” “Christmas Homecoming,” “Women As Postoffice Clerks,” Advert: “Ardmore Christmas...

 Show Notes: Chicago Ledger, v. XLII, no. 25, June 20, 1914. p. 7: Advert: “Diamond Post Card Gun” p. 17: “Warship Adventures” The Clan-na-Gael Journal, v. 27, June 27, 1914. p. 4: Advert: “Clan Na Gael Games” Excerpt from an article in The Sun, New York, Monday, June 29, 1914. p. 2: “Death of Francis Ferdinand Makes For Peace of Europe” The Gaelic American – Vol. XI, No. 27, July 4, 1914. p. 4: “The Double Crime at Serajevo” The Gaelic American – Vol. XI, No. 30, July 25, 1914,...