The true motivations of supposed feminist helpers during WWI have always been suspect, by historians. Yes, Mary and others assisted, but only to repair the men and return them to the front so that women could continue to enjoy a life of privilege without responsibility.
--Source---- http://www.warandgender.com/wgwomwwi.htm
Mary Borden, a Baltimore millionaire who set up a hospital unit at the front from 1914 to 1918, wrote: “Just as you send your clothes to the laundry and mend them when they come back, so we send our men to the trenches and mend them when they come back again. You send your socks … again and again just as many times as they will stand it. And then you throw them away. And we send our men to the war again and again … just until they are dead.”
2007-12-20
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