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Title
Hostess House, Army Barracks
Description
Although used only for six months as a cantonment during WWI, this base in Plattsburgh, NY had a history dating back to the War of 1812 and continued to serve as an innovative Reserve Officer Training Corps.<br />
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YWCA Hostess Houses, usually located upon military bases, were created to serve visiting families of service members and to ensure proper conduct among the men—as for instance during visits from hometown sweethearts. Hostess Houses operated within a gendered “separate spheres” paradigm yet also afforded women unusual opportunities otherwise unavailable to them: supervisory experience, for example, and in some cases designing the structures themselves. Almost all Hostess Houses were decommissioned after Armistice.<br />
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This image has been lightly edited and resized for web exhibits; larger file available at source listed below.<br />
Publisher
War Work Council, National Board of the Young Womens Christian Association
Date
1917?
Contributor
Library of Congress / Internet Archive<br />
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Cooper, Ken<br />
Source
YWCA, “Report of the Hostess House Committee” (1919)<br />
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https://archive.org/stream/reportofhostessh00nati#page/n0/mode/2up/search/Oglethorpe<br />
Format
jpeg, 732 KB
Type
Photograph
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Original Format
Photograph