Interview of Edna Scott on her service with the American Red Cross in France in 1918 and 1919

Description:

Edna Scott talks about her service with the American Red Cross in France in 1918 and 1919. Scott says that she joined the Red Cross in 1918 as a nurse's aide, but soon became a canteen worker and also spent time visiting the injured and sick in hospital. Scott says she has been a member of the Red Cross for over sixty years and helped found the WOSL unit in Kansas City in 1921. She talks about her uniform, puts on her service cap for the interviewers and says that she would do it all over again if she had the chance. Scott is interviewed by Evelyn McHiggins with Jane Piatt and Geneva K. Wiskemann.

Date Issued:

1982-07-14T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Subject Topic:

World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918, Participation, Female, World War, 1939-1945, War work, and Red Cross

Subject Name:

Scott, Edna, 1898-1990, American National Red Cross, and Women's Overseas Service League

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5hq5q