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Women, War and the Home Front

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Distinguished Service Cross case, 1919

Distinguished Service Cross case, 1919

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Maine Historical Society

During the second battle of the Marne, in July 1918, Germans fired on the military hospital.

Jeffrey was seriously wounded by shrapnel in her back and doctors determined that her injuries were too serious to warrant help from the over-taxed surgical staff.

She demanded -- and received -- treatment.