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A 7 page research paper demonstrating the involvement of women in WWI relief efforts all around the world. The writer discusses the work of The Woman's Motor Corps, The Smith College Relief Fund, and more. Names of specific women who contributed most to the cause are mentioned and the unprecedented success they enjoyed in getting much larger companies and organizations from all over the world to help out is discussed in detail. It is noted that the self-motivated efforts of women were more socially-accepted during this era than they would have ever been in previous centuries of Western history. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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a capacity never before witnessed. Even though the previous century had seen women employing philanthropy to expand their personal horizons, the socioeconomic needs created by the Great War provided
women with an opportunity to expand their domain under the acceptable human-societal entities of patriotism and humanitarianism. Consequently, many women utilized their education and their talents to involve themselves
in new field of service. One particularly impressive form of volunteerism was known as the womens motor corps. With the recent invention of the
automobile, driving had become a way for women to better participate in the "war effort." Similar to most male volunteers, the women of the motor corps were reportedly young,
single, well-educated, upper or middle class, and professionally experienced. More importantly, they often boasted special linguistic and automotive skills, making them a distinctly qualified group.
While men ran most of the era ambulance services, women drivers enjoyed a prominent role in the American Fund for French Wounded (AFFW), The French-American Society for the Welfare
of Wounded French Soldiers, the Smith College Relief Unit, and the American Committee for Devastated France (ACDF). Each of these services maintained a heavy reliance on woman drivers to
perform their work in France. The onset of war in Europe caused many American women to willingly spend their holidays abroad. While many tourists understandably
viewed the conflict as a nuisance, others became seriously involved in the new relief forces. Isabel Lathrop, an american who had been living in -2- France for seven
years, founded the AFFW within two days after the initial outbreak of fighting. Originally, it served as a supplier for small, more isolated hospitals. In December of 1917,
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