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Helen Johns Kirtland Dons Gas Mask at the Front
Most couples would not head into a war zone for their honeymoon, but that is exactly where Helen Johns Kirtland and Lucian Swift Kirtland went in 1917. Already an established photographer, Mrs. Kirtland worked for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly and the YMCA during World War I. While she covered the same topics as her male colleagues, she paid particular attention to the contributions of female war workers. An unknown photographer captured her standing in a trench at the front on a winter day. |