Nov 6, 2019 By: yunews
On Oct. 22, 2019, Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at , gave at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, titled The Backwash of War: Ellen N. La Motte and her Explosive Lost Classic. The talk was co-sponsored by the museum, the National Archives and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Womens Center.
Boldly capturing World War Is devastation, writer and suffragist Ellen N. La Motte penned her controversial book, The Backwash of War, about her experiences as a nurse on the Western Front, explained Dr. Wachtell. Modeling a new and influential style of war writing, her biting prose was banned in England and France upon its publication in 1916 and later censored in the U.S. by the books publisher upon the postmasters urging.
More about Dr. Wachtells work on Ellen N. La Motte:
- The Backwash of War: A New Future for an Extraordinary Book: Read more罈
- Dr. Wachtell Publishes on Ellen Newbold La Motte: Read more罈
- Dr. Wachtell Garners Attention for Ellen N. La Motte: Read more罈
- Dr. Wachtell Presents Paper 17勛圖 the Great War: Read more罈
