In June 1917 America and France gave the American Red Cross the role of providing funds and supplies for civilian relief. Four thousand six hundred ten American women served as war relief workers for the Red Cross. Pictured is Miss Mary Vail Andress at Toul, France. She was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Over 10,000 Red Cross nurses served independently of military bases overseas.The Red Cross Nursing Service recruited and trained the bulk of Army and Navy Nurses during World War I.Salvation Army workers serving fresh doughnuts to American doughboys just in from the Meuse-Argonne front, October 12, 1918In June 1917, the American Women’s Hospitals (AWH) petitioned the War Department to accept woman doctors into military hospitals overseas. This failing, they went anyway. In June 1918 the first AWH opened its doors in France. AWH hospitals and clinics served soldiers and civilians during the war. Three hundred fifty American women doctors served overseas. Pictured are AWH members on a fundraising drive in June 1918Class of 1899 – Connecticut School of NursingWOSL Pittsburgh Unit 1923Nurses with Red Cross carRecreation and socializing at the WOSL – YWCA Saturday-Nite ClubGrace Walker SmithHelen WoodrofferAdelia ChiswellMargo NicholsonMary Frances HallVirginia Armistead NelsonLouise Wells (Clarkson)Lucylee Chiles – Army Special Services Arts and Crafts – VietnamWinifred ‘Winnie’ Maita was a flight nurse in Alaska in 1944. A past president of the San Francisco Unit and a long time member of WOSL, Winnie passed away in December 2005
