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Sep 10

Life Changing Vocational Education for Disabled WW I Veterans

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on September 10, 2020 at 7:25 AM by Donna Casement


More than tens of thousands of American soldiers returned from World War I with missing body parts, psychological trauma and life-long, debilitating and permanent disabilities. The Federal Board for Vocational Education was established in 1917 and created a learning environment that facilitated new skills, vocational opportunities and hope for a more normal life. Read this blog and accompanying resources online at the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library

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Tag(s): WWI, World War, Veterans, Rehabilitation, Disabled veterans, 1914-1918 Veterans

Aug 23

Kansas Soldiers' Home and Mother Bickerdyke Annex

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on August 23, 2019 at 9:00 AM by Bill Sowers

Material by or about the Kansas State Soldiers' Home (Fort Dodge) and the Mother Bickerdyke Annex (Ellsworth) available at the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library...

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Tag(s): Veterans' widows, Veterans, nursing homes, Mother Bickerdyke Home, Mother Bickerdyke Annex, long-term care, Kansas Soldiers' Home, Fort Dodge, Ellsworth