The Other Nurse
Most of the individuals who wrote in the record books were men, patients of the 22nd General Hospital. Except one…
The 1914 Christmas Truce
The 1914 Christmas Truce is the stuff of legends, films, and sentimentality. The popular conception of Allied and German troops playing football permeates cultural memory. But how much is myth and how much is fact?
"The Woman's Part"
Traditional gender roles were a staple at the 22nd General Hospital, enforced both explicitly and implicitly. Nurses were held up as paragons of femininity, but also citizens “doing their bit” for the war effort and heroes in their own right.
Nurse as Surrogate Mother/Lover
Red Cross nurses navigated a unique and oftentimes unorthodox sphere of interaction with their patients, one in which the lines between caretaker and object of desire was not always clear.
Neutrality
What was the popular conception of neutral countries, citizens, and feelings following the sinking of the Lusitania and other well-known events? How much involvement was ‘moral’ and how much was perpetuated by propaganda?
Art in the Trenches
Art was an important means of communication for servicemen, as evidenced by the extensive and widely-varied appearance of illustrations and doodles in the record books.
The Record Keeper Herself
Sister Lantz served at the 22nd General Hospital in France from 1916 to 1918. Her autograph books contain hundreds of illustrations, poems, signatures, and stories from the servicemen who came under her care.