YMCA World Map: Western Front Expansion
KathrynThursday, February 24, 2022
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) sought throughout the First World War to operate as a continual strand of support for soldi...
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Showing posts with label YMCA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YMCA. Show all posts
Iso Rae, the Unrecognised War Artist
KathrynSunday, March 28, 2021
In early 1914 the town of Etaples in Northern France was home to a colony of artists, a predominantly anglophone group of painters noted for...
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The World's Youngest YMCA Member
KathrynSunday, February 14, 2021
As part of the YMCA's holistic support for soldiers during the First World War, the organisation made arrangements for the loved ones of...
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Adventure and Tragedy: The Life of Mrs Alec-Tweedie
KathrynSunday, January 24, 2021
In the years before the First World War, Ethel Brilliana Tweedie had established herself as a pioneering woman. Writing under the name Mrs. ...
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'Something Doing Every Night': A Soldiers' Haven in Cairo
KathrynSunday, November 15, 2020
Throughout the First World War thousands of Australian soldiers disembarked in Egypt for their first taste of army life. After a month trave...
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'Work on Which the Sun Never Sets': Mapping the YMCA Across the World
KathrynSunday, February 23, 2020
Welcome to my project mapping the YMCA! My aim is to show where the YMCA operated during the First World War by creating one map showing as...
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