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Caring For The Fighters
Already the executive committee of the permanent blind relief war fund, which has done so much for those rendered sightless in the European strife, has voted that if war is declared between the United States and Mexico there will be established an American branch of the fund. Says Miss Helen Keller: “If the worst comes, it will be a noble work for this fund to care for the United States soldiers who are blinded. I shall do all I can.”...
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Title: Caring For The Fighters
Creator: n/a
Date: June 24, 1916
Format: Article
Publication: The Washington Post
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: p.6
Keywords: Advocacy; Blind; Fundraising; Government; Helen Keller; Permanent Blind War Relief Fund; Politics; Sensory Disability; Social Welfare & Communities; US Congress; Veterans; Veterans & Military; War; WWI
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Social Movements & Advocacy