| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
War, memory, and culture |
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War, memory, and culture.
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| Contents |
1. Carry On : The Women's Overseas Service League and Veteranist Commemorations -- 2. Service Inscribed in Stone : Compromise at the American Red Cross's Memorial Building to the Women of the World War -- 3. Commemoration through Rehabilitation : The World War Reconstruction Aides Association -- 4. "Let Us Take Up the Torch Individually and Collectively" : The American War Mothers and Veteranist Commemorations -- 5. "A Great Living and Moving Monument" : The Gold Star Pilgrimages as Veteranist Memorials -- Conclusion : Beyond the Great War |
| Summary |
"In Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials: How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945 Allison S. Finkelstein argues that American women activists considered their own community service and veteran advocacy to be forms of commemoration just as significant and effective as other, more traditional forms of commemoration such as memorials. Finkelstein employs the term 'veteranism' to describe these women's overarching philosophy that supporting, aiding, and caring for those who served needed to be a chief concern of American citizens, civic groups, and the government in the war's aftermath. However, these women did not express their views solely through their support for veterans of a military service narrowly defined as a group predominantly composed of men and just a few women. Rather, they defined anyone who served or sacrificed during the war, including women like themselves, as veterans."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Allison S. Finkelstein serves as Senior Historian at Arlington National Cemetery |
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Print version record |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- United States
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Memorialization -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Patriotic societies -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Voluntarism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Women -- Societies and clubs.
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Collective memory -- United States
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Anniversaries
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Collective memory
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Memorialization
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Patriotic societies
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Veterans
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Voluntarism
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Women
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Women -- Societies and clubs
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817393687 |
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0817393684 |
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