Allison S . Finkelstein
Allison S. Finkelstein earned her Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she also studied historic preservation. She currently works as a historian for the U.S. Army. As a public historian, her projects have included the creation of museum exhibits, interpretive programs, education programs, documentary films, webinars, tours, and publications. A specialist on World War I, her first book, Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials: How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945, was published by the University of Alabama Press in August 2021.
Supervisors: Dr. Saverio Giovacchini, University of Maryland, College Park
Address: http://allisonsfinkelstein.com/
Supervisors: Dr. Saverio Giovacchini, University of Maryland, College Park
Address: http://allisonsfinkelstein.com/
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By virtue of their appearance and short life, the rest houses’ style, form, and temporary nature reveal the limitations on women’s participation in commemoration and military culture during the interwar period. The rest houses separated the pilgrims into their own female space, carefully crafted and controlled by male military leaders. Their destruction erased the story of the female pilgrims from the visible commemorative narrative at the cemeteries. Unearthing the history of these structures
restores the rest houses and the agency of American women to the larger narrative of interwar American commemorative culture.
Book Reviews by Allison S . Finkelstein
By virtue of their appearance and short life, the rest houses’ style, form, and temporary nature reveal the limitations on women’s participation in commemoration and military culture during the interwar period. The rest houses separated the pilgrims into their own female space, carefully crafted and controlled by male military leaders. Their destruction erased the story of the female pilgrims from the visible commemorative narrative at the cemeteries. Unearthing the history of these structures
restores the rest houses and the agency of American women to the larger narrative of interwar American commemorative culture.