{"id":3901,"date":"2016-05-06T10:25:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T14:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/preserving\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2016-05-06T10:25:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T14:25:25","slug":"knitting-for-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/preserving\/2016\/05\/06\/knitting-for-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting for Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While in England in 1915, awaiting her call to France as a nurse, Maud Churchill\u00a0Nicoll was run over by an automobile. The\u00a0serious accident left\u00a0her an invalid, but she still\u00a0devoted herself to the war effort in Europe through\u00a0knitting, crocheting,\u00a0and sewing clothing for the allied soldiers. With the help of her husband, Delancey Nicoll, a prominent New York lawyer who defended\u00a0such notables as Joseph Pulitzer, she published an instructional book for both novice and expert knitters. The publication\u00a0provided a\u00a0surprisingly comprehensive set of sewing patterns and instructions for\u00a0some 70 articles of clothing designed to aid the\u00a0soldiers inhabiting\u00a0the\u00a0merciless\u00a0trenches across France. The\u00a0articles of clothing Nicoll\u00a0designed\u00a0were based upon her first-hand conversations with troops from\u00a0a nearby camp as to what they desired\u00a0for warmth, protection, and comfort. Included in her book were\u00a0such distinct and unusual items as a\u00a0sleeping\u00a0helmet, mine sweeper gloves, trench stockings, and a ditty bag. The need for these articles was not superfluous as tens of thousands of soldiers died from exposure to the harsh winter elements, rather than directly through combat. The profits\u00a0from the sale of the book went to the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n

Maud’s husband provided an introduction:<\/p>\n

This little book was composed under unusual conditions. My wife, whose book this is, was one of those Americans who, from the outbreak of the War in Europe, was passionately attached to the cause of the Allies, and religiously believed, after the invasion of Belgium and Northern France, that it was the duty of our country, without delay or attempts at neutrality, to come to their support. In December, 1914, she began a course in nursing at the Y. W. C. A., and by April of 1915 had completed her course and received her diploma. In July, 1915, she went abroad for service in England, but had hardly begun when she was run down by an automobile and barely escaped with her life. Ever since then she has lived in London, necessarily spending a large part of her time in bed, and after two and one-half years of treatment is still unable to walk, except a little with crutches. During her long convalescence she devoted herself to knitting and sewing for the soldiers and sailors.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fingerless gloves for gunners<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Mittens for riflers<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Mine sweeper gloves<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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The so-called ditty bag<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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