Jun 18, 2019 By: yunews
Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at , has published an essay on Ellen Newbold La Motte in .
Subtitled 鈥淏rief life of a bold activist: 1873-1961,鈥 Dr. Wachtell outlines the extraordinary life led by La Motte, ranging from being the author of a devastating portrait of war in The Backwash of War: The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse to being a highly successful investor in the stock market, saying that 鈥淭he Stock Exchange鈥 brings me quite a nice return. I am having lots of fun with it.鈥
Dr. Wachtell also had a review article published about La Motte in , titled 鈥淭he 鈥榣iterary high explosives鈥 of Ellen La Motte鈥檚 鈥楤ackwash of War鈥.鈥
Dr. Wachtell has published extensively on La Motte鈥檚 life:
Wachtell Garners Attention for Ellen N. La Motte
Wachtell Presents Paper About the Great War
Wachtell Publishes Article in Tikkun
Wachtell Delivers Lecture, Publishes Essays on Antiwar Literature
