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A Call To Every Citizen: The South Carolina State Council Of Defense And World War I, Allison Baker
A Call To Every Citizen: The South Carolina State Council Of Defense And World War I, Allison Baker
Theses and Dissertations
The South Carolina State Council of Defense (SCSCD), under the auspices of the Council of National Defense (CND), worked to convince citizens to voluntarily change their daily habits in the name of the World War I home front effort. The CND developed programs designed to get people to eat less of specific foods, cut back on unnecessary spending, and to participate in war bond drives like the liberty loans. The SCSCD brought the national programs to the local level. This project also demonstrates the strained relationship between the SCSCD and its auxiliary organizations, the Woman’s Committee and the Colored Branch. …