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The Women’S Committee Of The Council Of National Defense In Maryland, 1917-1918, Savannah Scott
The Women’S Committee Of The Council Of National Defense In Maryland, 1917-1918, Savannah Scott
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During World War I, the United States created the Women’s Committee of the Council of National Defense to organize and coordinate women’s war work. The Women’s Committee had a federalist structure of national, state, and local committees to organize the different levels of women’s societies in the country. This paper uses the Maryland Section of the Women’s Committee as a case study to argue how how the centralized organization of the Women’s Committee and its flexibility with the local committees led to more productive efforts at mobilizing women. It will expand on the formation and organization of the Maryland Women’s …
Wartime And Womanpower: The Organization Of The Women’S Committee Of The Council Of National Defense, Savannah Scott
Wartime And Womanpower: The Organization Of The Women’S Committee Of The Council Of National Defense, Savannah Scott
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When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917 and entered World War I, the federal government understood that civilian mobilization and a strong homefront would be essential for American success in the conflict. The Committee of Women’s Defense Work of the Council of National Defense, commonly known as the Women’s Committee, was created to organize American women for the war effort. This paper argues how the executive Women’s Committee used pre-existing connections to women’s voluntary associations and the fundamental concept of federalism to organize, mobilize, and inform American women for the war effort. The women at the federal …
Sir Edward Grey And The Concert Of Europe: A Final Attempt To Save Europe From War, Katelyn Harrison
Sir Edward Grey And The Concert Of Europe: A Final Attempt To Save Europe From War, Katelyn Harrison
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In July of 1914, Europe fell into a conflict that resulted in the onslaught of the First World War. British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward called the Great Powers of Europe together in an attempt to de-escalate the tensions. Grey reinvigorated the Concert of Europe System as the foundation of his diplomatic actions. The Concert System involved multilateral negotiations between the Great Powers of Europe. While the Concert had prevented some conflict in the nineteenth century it failed to stop the First World War. This article examines how the July Crisis presented a challenge that the Concert system could not reckon …
Love And Labor: Footbinding In Rural China In The Twentieth Century, Meghann Burgess
Love And Labor: Footbinding In Rural China In The Twentieth Century, Meghann Burgess
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Cinema And Censorship: Artistic Limitations In Chinese Cinema, Sarah Rodes
Cinema And Censorship: Artistic Limitations In Chinese Cinema, Sarah Rodes
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