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{"id":11430,"date":"2017-04-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=11430"},"modified":"2024-10-21T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:12:10","slug":"world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/","title":{"rendered":"World War I Centenary Forum: A Call to Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ginny A. Roth, <a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/summary.asp?live=22012&bhcp=1\">will speak<\/a> at 2 PM ET today, April 6 in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium on “A Call to Service: Women Represented in American Red Cross Posters and Postcards During World War I” as part of the Library’s World War I Centenary Forum.<\/em> Circulating Now<em> interviewed her about her work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Circulating Now:<\/strong> Please tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from? What do you do? What is your typical workday like?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ginnyroth_photo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/ginnyroth_photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ginnyroth_photo-e1627280267501.jpg?fit=73%2C100&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"73,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"C-LUX 1","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1287432762","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.6","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Ginny A. Roth\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ginnyroth_photo-e1627280267501.jpg?fit=73%2C100&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ginnyroth_photo-e1627280267501.jpg?fit=73%2C100&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ginnyroth_photo.jpg?resize=146%2C201&ssl=1\" alt=\"Informal portrait of Ginny Roth\" width=\"146\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Ginny A. Roth<\/em>:<\/strong> I\u2019m Collection Manager of the Prints & Photographs program in the Images and Archives section of the History of Medicine Division. I\u2019m originally from Brooklyn, NY, and moved to the DC area in 2003.\u00a0 I pursued a Masters in Library Science the following year, and wanted to combine that with my interest in the visual arts. As Collection Manager, this position allows me the opportunity to do that. I work with a variety of formats in the collection, including posters, postcards, photographs, fine art, slides, and ephemeral items such as advertisements and public health comic books.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure I have a \u201ctypical\u201d work day because I\u2019m not usually sure which part of the collection, or which items, I\u2019ll need to access. However, I routinely catalog and digitize physical items that will be imported into the Division\u2019s image database, <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/?f%5Bdrep2.isMemberOfCollection%5D%5B%5D=DREPIHM\">Images from the History of Medicine<\/a>, in NLM Digital Collections. I also manage accessions (items being added to the collection), write blog posts about collection items, work with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/hmd\/about\/exhibition\/index.html\">Exhibition Program<\/a> to give them access to items for display, and manage the housing of the physical collection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CN:\u00a0<\/strong>This week, on the centenary of the U.S. Entry in to World War I, you\u2019ll be giving a presentation titled <em>“<\/em>A Call to Service: Women Represented in American Red Cross Posters and Postcards During World War I<em>“<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Tell us a little about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GR: <\/strong>The items I\u2019ll be discussing are American Red Cross propaganda posters created during World War I (1914\u20131918).\u00a0 The majority are recruitment posters targeted to women who, through dramatic imagery of women on the battlefield caring for wounded soldiers, are \u201cencouraged\u201d to do their patriotic duty and join the war effort as volunteers. Other posters are aimed at all Americans to contribute monetarily to the war through the purchase of Liberty Bonds or contributions to War Funds.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11443\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/redcrosstent.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/redcrosstent\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/redcrosstent.jpg?fit=1600%2C1004&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1004\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"RedCrossTent\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101612616 <\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Red Cross nurses in front of a Red Cross tent, ca. 1914<br \/>\nNational Library of Medicine #101612616 <\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/redcrosstent.jpg?fit=300%2C188&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/redcrosstent.jpg?fit=840%2C527&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-11443 size-large\" title=\"A Red Cross Recruiting Tent\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/redcrosstent.jpg?resize=650%2C408&ssl=1\" alt=\"Postcard featuring a photograph of 3 Red Cross nurses standing in front of a Red Cross tent.\" width=\"650\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Cross nurses in front of a Red Cross tent, ca. 1914<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101612616\"><em>National Library of Medicine #101612616<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>CN: <\/strong>What can these items tell us about the history of medicine in WWI?<\/p>\n<p><strong>GR:\u00a0<\/strong>One of the most prominent conclusions is how all classes of women were, in an unprecedented way, targeted through advertising to step out of their traditional domestic roles and take on job opportunities typically occupied by men. Women were called upon to provide medical relief on actual battlefields where their lives were in as much danger as a fighting soldier. They were also trained as ambulance drivers and worked in munition factories, among other jobs. Thousands of women in the United States joined the Red Cross to dedicate themselves to supporting and expanding the war effort, which in turn not only gave them a chance to prove their capabilities, but gave them a chance to show their patriotism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/06\\\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 398px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"398\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 307px; height: 398px;\" data-original-width=\"307\" data-original-height=\"398\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/weneedyou\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"303\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"394\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11441\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/weneedyou.png\" data-orig-size=\"922,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"We Need You\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101439500 <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/weneedyou.png?fit=231%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/weneedyou.png?fit=787%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/weneedyou.png?w=303&h=394&ssl=1\" width=\"303\" height=\"394\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"303\" data-original-height=\"394\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"We Need You\" alt=\"An illustrated poster of a uniformed nurse welcoming a well dressed civilian woman and pointing to a nurse treating a wounded soldier.\" style=\"width: 303px; height: 394px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 255px; height: 398px;\" data-original-width=\"255\" data-original-height=\"398\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/ifyoufailhedies\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"251\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"394\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11439\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ifyoufailhedies.png\" data-orig-size=\"765,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"If You Fail He Dies\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101611473 <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ifyoufailhedies.png?fit=191%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ifyoufailhedies.png?fit=653%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ifyoufailhedies.png?w=251&h=394&ssl=1\" width=\"251\" height=\"394\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"251\" data-original-height=\"394\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"If You Fail He Dies\" alt=\"Postcard featuring a color illustration of a nurse with a wounded or dead soldier in her lap and a red cross arm band..\" style=\"width: 251px; height: 394px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 278px; height: 398px;\" data-original-width=\"278\" data-original-height=\"398\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/fivethousandbyjune\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"274\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"394\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11438\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fivethousandbyjune.png\" data-orig-size=\"833,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Five Thousand by June\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101456454 <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fivethousandbyjune.png?fit=208%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fivethousandbyjune.png?fit=711%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/fivethousandbyjune.png?w=274&h=394&ssl=1\" width=\"274\" height=\"394\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"274\" data-original-height=\"394\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Five Thousand by June\" alt=\"Illustrated poster of a Red Cross nurse reads Graduate nurses, your country needs you.\" style=\"width: 274px; height: 394px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Five Thousand by June National Library of Medicine #101456454 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 621px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"621\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 469px; height: 621px;\" data-original-width=\"469\" data-original-height=\"621\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/summonyou\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"465\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"617\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11440\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/summonyou.png\" data-orig-size=\"905,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"I Summon You to Comradeship in the Red Cross\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101453682 <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/summonyou.png?fit=226%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/summonyou.png?fit=772%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/summonyou.png?w=465&h=617&ssl=1\" width=\"465\" height=\"617\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"465\" data-original-height=\"617\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"I Summon You to Comradeship in the Red Cross\" alt=\"An illustrated poster of a woman holding an American flag with the Red Cross symbol behind her.\" style=\"width: 465px; height: 617px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 371px; height: 621px;\" data-original-width=\"371\" data-original-height=\"621\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/mother\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"367\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"617\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11445\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mother.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1932,3249\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"The Greatest Mother in the World\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101612367 <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mother.jpg?fit=178%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mother.jpg?fit=609%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mother.jpg?w=367&h=617&ssl=1\" width=\"367\" height=\"617\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"367\" data-original-height=\"617\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"The Greatest Mother in the World\" alt=\"A poster of a nurse in a Pieta pose holding a soldier on a streatcher with the Red Cross symbol in the background.\" style=\"width: 367px; height: 617px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>It is also interesting to note how women were portrayed in the posters and postcards that were distributed to inspire them to join the Red Cross.\u00a0 Often, images illustrated nurses helping wounded soldiers off battlefields, revealing them as guardians and heroes. Nurses are shown in positions of command and power, often as leaders in dangerous situations, protecting the wounded. But at the same time, they are portrayed as \u201cmotherly\u201d and sympathetic, a concept in one particular campaign that goes as far as collectively calling the nurses of the Red Cross, \u201cThe Greatest Mother in the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CN: <\/strong>Today\u2019s digital communication is very different from 100 years ago, how did people use posters and postcards during the war? Was it very different from peace time?<\/p>\n<p><strong>GR:\u00a0<\/strong>Public health campaigns have long involved a variety of media to help communicate their objectives. During war time, the use of images and text together made for effective propaganda that could be broadly disseminated to the public to \u201cconvince\u201d them to take action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/06\\\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 393px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"393\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 290px; height: 393px;\" data-original-width=\"290\" data-original-height=\"393\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/mercyatwork\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"286\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"389\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11447\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mercyatwork.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2136,2902\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Keep this Hand of Mercy at Work\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101453794<br \/> The dates May 6-13 are marked out. “One hundred million dollars” is written on the bottom of the poster. <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mercyatwork.jpg?fit=221%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mercyatwork.jpg?fit=754%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mercyatwork.jpg?w=286&h=389&ssl=1\" width=\"286\" height=\"389\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"286\" data-original-height=\"389\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Keep this Hand of Mercy at Work\" alt=\"A poster promoting War Fund Week uses an extended arm with a Red Cross band and a hand gathering refugees and wounded soldiers.\" style=\"width: 286px; height: 389px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 284px; height: 393px;\" data-original-width=\"284\" data-original-height=\"393\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/holdupyourend\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"280\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"389\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11448\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/holdupyourend.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2170,3013\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Hold upYour End!\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101456104<br \/> War Fund Week<br \/> One Hundred Million Dollars<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/holdupyourend.jpg?fit=216%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/holdupyourend.jpg?fit=737%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/holdupyourend.jpg?w=280&h=389&ssl=1\" width=\"280\" height=\"389\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"389\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Hold upYour End!\" alt=\"On a poster a Red Cross nurse holding up one end of a brown stretcher, and shell fire behind her.\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 389px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 266px; height: 393px;\" data-original-width=\"266\" data-original-height=\"393\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/04\/06\/world-war-i-centenary-forum-a-call-to-service\/publichealthnurse\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"262\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"389\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11446\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/publichealthnurse.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1905,2835\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"The Public Health Nurse\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101437732<br \/> She answers humanities call Your Red Cross Membership makes her work possible<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/publichealthnurse.jpg?fit=202%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/publichealthnurse.jpg?fit=688%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/publichealthnurse.jpg?w=262&h=389&ssl=1\" width=\"262\" height=\"389\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"262\" data-original-height=\"389\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"The Public Health Nurse\" alt=\"Poster illustrated with a nurse on horseback wearing a boater-style hat, a long dress with a red cross on the arm, and a dark cloak.\" style=\"width: 262px; height: 389px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>The Red Cross used an effective poster campaign to inspire citizens to participate in the war, either through service, work, or financial means. Red Cross recruitment posters were very common, as were appeals for monetary donations and volunteers. Visually striking illustrations of wounded soldiers on the battlefield combined with patriotic messages, national symbolism, such as the American flag, and even religious overtones were ubiquitous and posters were mass produced beginning in 1917. Illustrators were solicited to create these images, generally dramatizing scenes that would elicit emotional responses from the public and thus encourage them to contribute to the war effort in any number of ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CN:<\/strong> At this hundred-year mark, and especially this week, the Great War is being discussed on all hands, how do you see the role of Libraries during this time?<\/p>\n<p><strong>GR:<\/strong> Since Libraries house the documents that educate us about historical events, there is much to be learned in these institutions about World War I, and the circumstances that surround America\u2019s entry into the war. Letters sent home from soldiers, photographs of hospitals and the wounded, print materials with messages that encouraged the public to take part in the war effort, etc., are all links that let us piece together the events that took place during the war; libraries and archives tell us the stories of those who experienced and remembered the Great War and are no longer here to speak to us.<\/p>\n<h3>Watch on YouTube<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World War I Centenary Forum: Stories from the Collections of the National Library of Medicine\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPI61Jvz-nY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The World War I Centenary Forum<\/em><em> presentation is part of our ongoing <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/hmd\/happening\/lectures\/\"><em>history of medicine lecture series<\/em><\/a><em>, which promotes awareness and use of the National Library of Medicine and other historical collections for research, education, and public service in biomedicine, the social sciences, and the humanities. 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