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This is Allensworth's junior class "prediction" in the 1913 'Gale.'

Charles Allensworth in uniform.

Janet Greig Post in 1899.

This document provides many details regarding Chloe Owings' wartime service, including quoted descriptions of her time in France as the nation was still at war.

Georgia Finley's pendant.

Georgia Finley's watch.

This picture was taken of Janet Greig Post when she was a student at Knox College in 1894.

Attitudes about French and German soldiers are presented in this article, written by an anonymous author. The author also provides an interesting description of air raids in France during the war.

An anonymous writer discusses the need for women committed to work overseas. He writes in startlingly unflattering terms about World War I nurses: "We need thousands of trained nurses, but have a plethora of fat, ungainly, slovenly women and anaemic,…

An anonymous canteen worker writes home about her experiences, commenting that "Good heavens, it drives me mad when I stop to think of what we as a nation could do, what we have done and what is left to be done. You people in the States have no more…

An idea of what overseas war work was like for women can be derived from this letter.

This special pass provided Georgia Finley with permission to travel way from Camp Hospital No. 91 in La Baule, France.

Georgia Finley, as a civilian employee, was given a travel pass to facilitate her work.

Individuals recovering at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan could choose from these options for their meals. The menu notes, "This diet has been planned by your Dietitian in accordance with instructions from your physician."

This notice provides details about the sort of work dietitians like Georgia E. Finley were expected to do overseas in France.