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Women, War and the Home Front

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Jane Jeffrey Distinguished Service Cross, 1919

Jane Jeffrey Distinguished Service Cross, 1919

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While recovering in Auteuil, France, Jane Jeffrey was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross -- an unusual honor for a woman.

Congress created the Distinguished Service Cross July 9, 1918, and awarded them to World War I military personnel for extraordinary heroism in military operations against an armed enemy of the United States.