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Letter: Elizabeth Earl Jones to May, Emmie, and Cammie Jones, July 9, 1917 Item Info
- Title:
- Letter: Elizabeth Earl Jones to May, Emmie, and Cammie Jones, July 9, 1917
- Creator:
- Jones, Elizabeth Earl.
- Date Created:
- 1917-07-09
- Description:
- Elizabeth Earl Jones and May Frances Jones were sisters from Asheville (Buncombe County), North Carolina, who volunteered in Europe during World War I. Elizabeth had been in England since 1916, before the United States joined the war, and stayed on throughout the conflict. She volunteered with the "American Ladies' Red Cross Aid Committee" visiting wounded soldiers in hospitals and worked at the Y.M.C.A. "Eagle Hut" in London. May traveled to France in November 1918 and was a canteen worker and hut secretary for the Y.M.C.A. group embedded with the 318th Machine Gun Battalion, 81st Division, U.S. Army.
- Subjects:
- Agriculture--England Bombing, Aerial Fourth of July celebrations Jones, Elizabeth Earl, 1879-1963 Reading, Rufus Daniel Isaacs, Marquess of, 1860-1935 World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918--War work--Women World War, 1914-1918--War work--Young Men's Christian associations
- Location:
- London; United Kingdom
- Source:
- World War I Papers. Military Collection. State Archives of North Carolina
- Source Identifier:
- MilColl_WWI_PC_Jones_Elizabeth_Earl_19170709
- Type:
- Image; Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Letter: Elizabeth Earl Jones to May, Emmie, and Cammie Jones, July 9, 1917", She Changed the World, State Library of North Carolina
- Reference Link:
- https://www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files/shechangedtheworld/items/coll075.html
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- The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.
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