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Posted by: Danna Bell
While most of the Red Cross posters of nurses can be analyzed or read in distinctly gendered ways, there is a subset that carries clear references to imagery from religious art.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Red Cross posters of nurses from WWI are complex images rife with gendered implications and imagery. These images contrast not only against the social movement of feminism happening at the time, but also each other.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Share images of children living through the Influenza pandemic of 1918 and use them to spur analysis and comparison with the events of 2020.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Danna Bell
We are pleased to announce the release of an interactive map highlighting the many organizations around the world recognized as Library of Congress Literacy Award winners or Best Practice honorees
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
In this post by Kathy McGuiguan and Abby Yochelson learn about the book exchange program for soldiers during World War I and Victory Book Campaign launched as a joint project of the USO, the Red Cross and the American Library Association during World War II.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
Created and supported by philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, the Literacy Awards Program is designed to broaden and stimulate public understanding of the essential role of literacy in all aspects of society.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
The heroic actions of the Tuskegee Airmen left a legacy for all to remember. The airmen broke barriers by becoming the first African American military fighter and bomber pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.
Posted in: African American History, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Explore the Lindgren Brothers’ maps and consider how maps are more than a representation of geographical facts.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Danna Bell
How do photographs help document protests? Explore the images taken by Theodor Horydczak of the Bonus Army protests.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)