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Georgia Finley wrote this letter to Louie as she waited to leave the boat that took her to France.

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.

Webster writes about her service during the war to Max Goodsill, who would eventually pen an article about her canteen work during the war and her work in a Soviet orphanage after the 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,…

Addison T. Thomas, quoting Kathryn Carlisle, a woman working at the front, describes the "blessed men" of the American army and commends their virtue and fortitude.

A corporal writes a flowery letter to a canteen worker.

This list sets forth the requirements for service with the Y.M.C.A.

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…

Marion Watts writes about her time in France, discussing her work for the Y.M.C.A.

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

Georgia writes home with joy after the armistice: "Well it is all over! What joy! The news was officially given out during the morning. First indirectly that troops stationed near here and ready to go to the front were ordered not to go as no more…