Finding the Hello Girls: Pacific Northwest Connections
”Goodbye U. of W.; Hello France” was the headline [...]
“Hell and Maria!” Charles Gates Dawes Tells Off Congress and Becomes a Celebrity
Charles Gates Dawes (1865–1951) was one of the most [...]
The Mysterious WWI Service of Hortense Schoenfeld Doob
It began with discovery of this compelling photocopy in [...]
Ten Interesting WWI Images I Found in the New York Public Library Digital Archives
As you may guess, since the New York Public [...]
“She Was Glorious”—The Pre-Sinking History of RMS Lusitania
Inception The Liverpool-based shipping company Cunard ordered the R.M.S. Lusitania and [...]
As War Broke Out in Europe, America Lost a First Lady
U.S. First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson died of Bright's [...]
WWI Liberty Loan operation produced some of the 20th century’s most recognizable commercial art
Every major American war has been paid for with [...]
Not a Museum, but a Mirror: How one book, one library event and one basketball game revealed the Hello Girls’ living legacy
Like many of you, I grew up with family stories [...]
The Hero of Kenosha – The Story of Nicholas A. Schulz, the First Kenoshan to Receive the Croix de Guerre in WWI
"Kenosha is proud of her first Croix de Guerre. [...]
The Short Life of America’s Anti-Tank Rifles
At the dawn of mechanized warfare in WWI, the [...]
