Nov 6, 2019 By: yunews
On Oct. 22, 2019, Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at , gave at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, titled 鈥The Backwash of War: Ellen N. La Motte and her Explosive Lost Classic.鈥 The talk was co-sponsored by the museum, the National Archives and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Women鈥檚 Center.
鈥滲oldly capturing World War I鈥檚 devastation, writer and suffragist Ellen N. La Motte penned her controversial book, The Backwash of War, about her experiences as a nurse on the Western Front,鈥 explained Dr. Wachtell. 鈥淢odeling a new and influential style of war writing, her biting prose was banned in England and France upon its publication in 1916 and later censored in the U.S. by the book鈥檚 publisher upon the postmaster鈥檚 urging.鈥
More about Dr. Wachtell鈥檚 work on Ellen N. La Motte:
- The Backwash of War: A New Future for an Extraordinary Book: Read more禄
- Dr. Wachtell Publishes on Ellen Newbold La Motte: Read more禄
- Dr. Wachtell Garners Attention for Ellen N. La Motte: Read more禄
- Dr. Wachtell Presents Paper About the Great War: Read more禄
