A Fractured Service

Frances Webster and The Great War, 1914–1918

Bibliographic Data

ID16308233
AuthorsMichael Mcguire (0009-0009-0980-2978, Michael McGuire is a lecturer at the Pardee School of Global Studies. His recent articles in First World War Studies and Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques have examined the intersection of Franco-American international relations and cultural concerns in World War I.), Michael E McGuire (0000-0002-5099-1039, World Vision, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume91
Issue2
Pages307-330
Publication date2018-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe New England Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0028-4866 • E-ISSN: 1937-2213
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/tneq_a_00671
OpenAlexW2807673862
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited2

Born to privilege in Boston, Frances Webster, like her peers volunteered overseas with the American Red Cross as a nurse's aide. Where the activities of other Americans during the First World War is characterized as a “culture of coercive volunterism,” Webster's reflected a more complex mixture of altruism and tourism. Her history of participation in the First World War suggests historians need more multifaceted frameworks to explain Americans' First World War service

Altruism (biology · Ancient history · Economic history · Economics · Economy · First world war · Military service · Political science · Privilege (computing · Service (business · Sociology · Tourism · Vietnam War · World War II · American History and Culture · Gender Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact