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April 28, 1917
Ventnor News
Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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In Washington, nearly 100 society women are training as motor mechanics through a Red Cross school organized by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman and others, preparing to serve as ambulance drivers and repairers for the U.S. armed forces in wartime.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS
Washington Society Women Are Ardent Patriots.
WASHINGTON.--If you happen into either one of two of the city's best-known garages, and find a girl, or matron, perhaps, under a car, with grease dripping upon her fair face, and getting all smeary, you will appreciate the earnestness of nearly a hundred of Washington's best-known society women in preparing as motor mechanics to aid the nation in time of war.
A school for mechanicians has been started by the Red Cross corps of woman ambulance drivers recently organized by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner, Mrs. Larz Anderson, and others.
Ninety-three of the city's best-known girls and matrons are enlisted for service with the armed forces of the United States as soon as the call comes from the war department through the Red Cross.
More than a score of the drivers, many of them prepared to donate cars, are qualifying as mechanicians to make field repairs. They are being schooled by experts in two big garages. The women are qualifying rapidly, and there are several who have won "diplomas" for skill in motor mechanics. They can take down and reassemble a three-gear car without a lock washer or cotter pin left over. They know the parts and can call them by name, even to all of the gears and pins in the transmission and differential. Furthermore, it is declared, they show surprising skill and strength.
Army officers are co-operating in the instruction of the drivers, but some of the women are giving instruction to fellow corps members.
Washington Society Women Are Ardent Patriots.
WASHINGTON.--If you happen into either one of two of the city's best-known garages, and find a girl, or matron, perhaps, under a car, with grease dripping upon her fair face, and getting all smeary, you will appreciate the earnestness of nearly a hundred of Washington's best-known society women in preparing as motor mechanics to aid the nation in time of war.
A school for mechanicians has been started by the Red Cross corps of woman ambulance drivers recently organized by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner, Mrs. Larz Anderson, and others.
Ninety-three of the city's best-known girls and matrons are enlisted for service with the armed forces of the United States as soon as the call comes from the war department through the Red Cross.
More than a score of the drivers, many of them prepared to donate cars, are qualifying as mechanicians to make field repairs. They are being schooled by experts in two big garages. The women are qualifying rapidly, and there are several who have won "diplomas" for skill in motor mechanics. They can take down and reassemble a three-gear car without a lock washer or cotter pin left over. They know the parts and can call them by name, even to all of the gears and pins in the transmission and differential. Furthermore, it is declared, they show surprising skill and strength.
Army officers are co-operating in the instruction of the drivers, but some of the women are giving instruction to fellow corps members.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Heroic Act
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Women Mechanics
Red Cross
Ambulance Drivers
Washington Society
War Preparation
Patriotic Service
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman
Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner
Mrs. Larz Anderson
Where did it happen?
Washington
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman
Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner
Mrs. Larz Anderson
Location
Washington
Story Details
Society women in Washington form a Red Cross corps of ambulance drivers, training as motor mechanics in garages to support the U.S. armed forces, demonstrating skill in repairing cars and earning diplomas.