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Start Over You searched for: Repository University of Michigan William L. Clements Library ✖ Remove constraint Repository: University of Michigan William L. Clements Library Creator Watts, Mary, 1866-1933 ✖ Remove constraint Creator: Watts, Mary, 1866-1933 Level Collection ✖ Remove constraint Level: Collection Names Marshall, Florence. ✖ Remove constraint Names: Marshall, Florence. Formats Receipts (financial records) ✖ Remove constraint Formats: Receipts (financial records)Search Results
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This collection is made up of correspondence and receipts received by Mary Watts relating to her certification, participation, and engagement with the American Red Cross Nursing Service between 1917 and 1918. Watts donated funds to the National War Finance Committee of the American Red Cross, completed a course to become certified in preparing surgical dressings to be packaged and shipped abroad for wounded soldiers, and volunteered for the Pittsburgh Chapter Preparedness Branch of the American Red Cross. Throughout this collection, Mary Watts is referred to as "Mrs. Henry Watts," "Mrs. Henry Walls," and "Mrs. Harry Watts." This collection highlights and documents one of the many ways women were able to join and aid in the war effort.