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R. Louise Fitch to Home Folks Letter Reprint, June 6, 1918

R. Louise Fitch, Knox College, relates some of her experiences serving with the YWCA in France during World War I. She writes about life during wartime, including air raids, caring for refugees and children, and tours of factories. This is a typed reprint of the original letter.

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June 6th, 1918

Shortly after World War I was declared, R. Louise Fitch, Knox College, went to New York to work with the national officers of the YWCA. In April 1918, she traveled to France to study the effects of the war on the women there.