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“In this volume Miss Gaines continues the story of the relief work at the front of the Smith college unit, the first part of which she told in her previous volume, ‘Helping France.’ So fully was the work of this unit appreciated by the French people, that the workers were given the title of ‘Dames de Grécourt,’ from the name of one of the sixteen French villages covered by their work. Of these sixteen villages, few inhabitants were left, save the old and feeble and the children. From a population of nearly 5600, but 1740 were left in August, 1917. Six hundred of these were under fifteen years of age. It was among these helpless people that the Smith college women worked.”—Boston Transcript
“Pleasing illustrations.”
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“The story which Miss Gaines relates is not only of the deepest interest, but is one of the important documents which the war has brought forth.”
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“Both the manner and the matter of ‘Ladies of Grécourt’ do credit to the spirit and the culture of American college girls.”
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“Miss Anna M. Upjohn’s pencil sketches of French peasants and rural life add greatly to the attractiveness of the book.”