Poster - American Women's Hospital poster
AWH poster for Garden Plays
1918 (Date manufactured/created)
Hand drawn and painted poster raising funds and awareness for the American Woman's Hospital during WWI. It was used during performances of the Garden Plays.
This poster, drawn by Constance Wilcox (later Pignatelli), was displayed at her garden plays at Oakledge as a fundraiser for the American Women's Hospital in France, 1918. Proceeds from all of Constance's Garden Plays were directed to charities.
One year after the U.S. entered the war, the Army Medical Department started recruiting woman doctors, although they denied these recruits military commissions and the possibility of advancement. To overcome these obstacles, a group of women doctors started their own hospital in France. Equipment was scarce and conditions very difficult. The women did surgery and dealt with the illnesses of the Front, including typhoid and dysentery.
This poster, drawn by Constance Wilcox (later Pignatelli), was displayed at her garden plays at Oakledge as a fundraiser for the American Women's Hospital in France, 1918. Proceeds from all of Constance's Garden Plays were directed to charities.
One year after the U.S. entered the war, the Army Medical Department started recruiting woman doctors, although they denied these recruits military commissions and the possibility of advancement. To overcome these obstacles, a group of women doctors started their own hospital in France. Equipment was scarce and conditions very difficult. The women did surgery and dealt with the illnesses of the Front, including typhoid and dysentery.
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