Photograph album, 1918.

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Photograph album, 1918.

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Photograph album showing Watkins, her colleagues, soldiers, and civilians. She drove Bridget, a vehicle used for transporting wounded, and as a "rolling store" to provide supplies for refugees. Many images are of towns and buildings where she worked, including Compiegne, Moyenville-sur-Marne, Château-Thierry, and Vaux, and the captions identify the fate of some of the individuals and buildings portrayed in the photographs.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Watkins, M. F.

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M.F. Watkins served in France during 1918, probably for the American Committee for Devastated France. From the description of Photograph album, 1918. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009173 ...

American Committee for Devastated France

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The American Committee for Devastated France (ACDF) had its origins in the Civilian Division of the American Fund for French Wounded (est. 1916) and was organized in 1918 to provide emergency relief and restoration aid to the citizens of post-World War I France. Its original stated purpose was to establish a community center which would determine the needs of French citizens, and act as a liaison between them and American relief workers. The group was also to “further understanding ...