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As Sophia Petrillo of the Golden Girls repeatedly said, “Picture it”… it’s the turn of the 19 th Century and the production of automobiles has, pun intended, revved up. It’s an age of technological innovation and Progressive reform, so quite naturally everywhere you turn are nail-biting debates about what is best for the future of the United States. One of such debates regarded the longstanding fight for women’s rights. Where did women belong? Did they belong behind the wheel of an automobile? While only some women had access to automobiles in the early 1900s due to their costly price tag, there were those who advocated for their place in the driver’s seat. In regard to early electric cars, as opposed to gasoline-powered cars that required the use of a crank to start, writer C.H. Claudy believed that it was good for women to drive within “a circumscribed radius” as electric cars’ power supply could only take them so far. He saw the vehicle as a machine that allowed for women to pursue domestic chores, much in line with separate spheres ideology of his time that differentiated women’s place from men’s place in society. In 1907, he wrote, “What a delight it is to have a machine which she can run herself, with no loss of dignity, for making calls, for shopping, for a pleasure ride, for the paying back of some small social debt.” With something as freeing as an automobile, women’s early experiences with the machine were exemplified by limitations. Even in 1908, Henry Ford demo...

Hopefully one of the forum members is following in the footsteps of the late Sue Light in regard to expertise on uniforms etc. and will be able to assist me here ... I have access to a diary written by a VAD working in Linden Auxiliary Hospital, Blackrock, Co. Dublin during Easter Week, 1916 - the Easter Rising in Dublin. May 4th 1916: [I] saw many Red Cross nurses cycling across town in their white veils ... May 15th 1916: I first burst upon the Institution in my new Red Cross uniform; the girls, of course, pretended to be 'struck of a heap', but the Rev. Mother approved, which was a comfort, as I much regretted leaving off the St John's cap, and {my sister's] most comfortable grey dresses which she left me on going off to an English hospital; however it seems wished by the aid corps that everyone should appear in her true colours. Sue Light wrote on Scarletfinders: VADs who were part of the Order of St. John wore grey dresses rather than the BRCS mid-blue, but in black and white photos this distinction is very hard to make. The diary entry above suggests to me that the writer was originally (June 1915) a St John Ambulance 'recruit' as a VAD but that by May 1916 she (and others, presumably) had been subsumed into the BRCS? Am I correct in this? Thanks Perhaps your VAD is mentioned in this list from Findmypast;- It may be worthwhile checking this record set using her name. It sounds to me that she wanted to wear her sister's St. John uniform but was told she had to wear th...

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Women's Uniforms The Great War saw tens of thousands of women, American and otherwise, don uniforms to take on their war work. What is so striking about the uniforming of American women during World War I is that it occurred in all parts of women's war efforts. Whether attached to the military or to voluntary organizations, working in factories, on farms, or filling in other occupations as men left for overseas service, women wore uniforms. Women's uniforms of World War I fall into three main categories: suits (including jacket and skirt), breeches or overalls, and dresses and aprons. These uniforms could be handmade or store-bought. The design of these uniforms was influenced greatly by men's military uniforms, American and Allied, as evidenced by the strikingly military style of the women's uniforms. Other influences included Allied women’s uniforms and women's civilian dress in the United States. The motivations behind the adoption of uniforms and their specific styles are varied. For women attached to the armed forces, such as the Navy's Yeomen (F), uniforms were part and parcel of military life. For others, especially factory workers and motor corps drivers, the change from traditional female garb to uniforms was simply a matter of practicality—women needed to wear clothes that were less restricting but still respectable, so uniforms modeled on military styles were a perfect option. Wearing uniforms also created and bolstered morale among organizations and groups of w...

When the American Civil War broke out, the nation was torn in half. The war and its politics separated families as men enlisted from every state to fight for the Confederacy or the Union. And unfortunately for those who took to the battlefields of the Civil War, many never made it home. Those who faced gun blasts and attacks on the front line had little chance to survive — and the wounded were likely to die. Luckily, the soldiers fighting in the Civil War did have one savior when they found themselves with grave injuries: nurses. During the war, women took to the battlefields with the men, working out of first aid tents and trying to save as many soldiers as possible. Civil War nurses enlisted in their own way, working hard to save lives for no pay. The women arrived willing to serve, as volunteers, donning body-covering dresses in brown, gray, or black to hide stains and to keep blood, pus, vomit, and other substances at bay. Experienced nurses like Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix kept order in the battlefield hospitals, guiding volunteers like Louisa May Alcott, Jane Stuart Woolsey, and Susie King Taylor. The Civil War, though a tragedy for so many, changed the future of nursing in America. The women who took the soldiers’ health into their hands became professionals, learning so much more than before. Many, like Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix, went on to further the medical community in new was. And the American Red Cross became a permanent institution, a fixture in future...

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When the American Civil War broke out, the nation was torn in half. The war and its politics separated families as men enlisted from every state to fight for the Confederacy or the Union. And unfortunately for those who took to the battlefields of the Civil War, many never made it home. Those who faced gun blasts and attacks on the front line had little chance to survive — and the wounded were likely to die. Luckily, the soldiers fighting in the Civil War did have one savior when they found themselves with grave injuries: nurses. During the war, women took to the battlefields with the men, working out of first aid tents and trying to save as many soldiers as possible. Civil War nurses enlisted in their own way, working hard to save lives for no pay. The women arrived willing to serve, as volunteers, donning body-covering dresses in brown, gray, or black to hide stains and to keep blood, pus, vomit, and other substances at bay. Experienced nurses like Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix kept order in the battlefield hospitals, guiding volunteers like Louisa May Alcott, Jane Stuart Woolsey, and Susie King Taylor. The Civil War, though a tragedy for so many, changed the future of nursing in America. The women who took the soldiers’ health into their hands became professionals, learning so much more than before. Many, like Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix, went on to further the medical community in new was. And the American Red Cross became a permanent institution, a fixture in future...

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