"American Woman Rebuilds Village: Hattonchatel is Reconstructed by Miss Belle Skinner"

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"American Woman Rebuilds Village: Hattonchatel is Reconstructed by Miss Belle Skinner"
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Ruth Isabelle (Belle) Skinner was a businesswoman and philanthropist, who in the aftermath of the war helped rebuild the small French town of Hattonchatel. This Sun-Herald newspaper article from June 27, 1920 tells the story.