Episodes tagged "World War I": 1 through 3 of 3
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1917
Dist Columbia, District of Columbia
World War I, J. Edgar Hoover, Espionage Act, Eugene V. Debs, Emma Goldman, A. Mitchell PalmerIn 1917 the United States Congress passed the Espionage Act while involved in World War I. This act made it illegal for someone to obtain, distribute, or possess information relating to the national defense of the United States, her dependents, or those under her control or jurisdiction. The act also made it illegal to aid, conspire, or share any information or documents relating to national defense....
1918 to 1920
New York, New York
Women, World War IIda Clyde Clarke’s American Women and the World War pays homage to the everyday heroism that women during the first World War conveyed. Written in 1918, Clarke clearly explains that she plans, with this publication, to “permanently record the greatest massed effort of women the world has ever known” [1]. It is clear that Clarke feels that these great women go under-appreciated, hence why she...
February 26, 1917
Dist Columbia, District of Columbia
Women, women's rights, suffrage, World War IThe Great War in Europe had already lasted much longer than anticipated by the early months of 1917. Despite a long-standing precedent of neutrality in the face of foreign conflict, the United States steeled itself for the possibility of war. On February 26, 1917, the New York Times ran an article entitled "Suffragist Pledge Aid to the Nation" covering the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s...
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