YWCA for United America

Clothed in white robes and arms outstretched, C. Howard Walker’s patriotic, feminine figure stands resolute in her goal to unite immigrant women in the United States of America.

Knitting the Nation

American women had been knitting socks and sweaters for relief organizations overseas prior to the United States entering WWI, but when these women’s husbands, brothers and sons started enlisting i

Ruth Law

At age 21, Ruth Law bought her first airplane from Orville Wright, who refused to train her since he believed women did not have the mechanical aptitude for flight.

Black Soldiers in WWI

Oral history provides rich support to the written records that fill the Museum and Memorial’s collection.

#USWW100 - Why WWI Matters

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

#USWW100 - The Toll of War, 1917

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.