Report of Women's Train Service Committee - January 2, 1919
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This is a report on the Women's Troop Train Service Committee's activities for one week in January 1919. The report was published in "The Red Triangle" magazine. The committee operated out of the Railroad Y.M.C.A. at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri during WWI. The committee members met locomotives in the train yards and brought soldiers to the Y.M.C.A.'s Happiness Hut where they received snacks, reading materials and a friendly smile.
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| Title | Report of Women's Train Service Committee - January 2, 1919 |
| Creator | Vimont, Eloise S. |
| Source | Vimont, Eloise S. Report of Women's Train Service Committee. 02 January 1919. Bailey Collection. 1915-1970. A1771. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | This is a report on the Women's Troop Train Service Committee's activities for one week in January 1919. The report was published in "The Red Triangle" magazine. The committee operated out of the Railroad Y.M.C.A. at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri during WWI. The committee members met locomotives in the train yards and brought soldiers to the Y.M.C.A.'s Happiness Hut where they received snacks, reading materials and a friendly smile. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; World War, 1914-1918--War Work--Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918--War Work--Y.M.C.A.; World War, 1914-1918--War Work--Women; World War, 1914-1918--France; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Rainbow Division |
| Site Accession Number | A1771 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | January 2, 1919 |
| Language | English |