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"Women's Activities," Oregonian, April 19, 1922, 12. |
A blog by Kimberly Jensen, Professor of History and Gender Studies at Western Oregon University, with a focus on my research and writing projects in women's history. My current research is for a book project tentatively titled “Civic Borderlands: Oregon Women’s Claims to Citizenship and Civil Liberties, 1913-1924”
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Monday, August 24, 2015
The Portland Branch of the Women's Overseas Service League Organized 1922, With Eleanor Ewing, R.N. as President
Women who served overseas in the First World War from Portland, including the women of Base Hospital 46, were eligible to join the new Portland Branch of the Women's Overseas Service League, organized on April 17, 1922.
The first president of the League was Base Hospital 46 nurse Eleanor Ewing.