"For Freedom!": Appeal to Russian women by the Committee for Spiritual Re-Armament, 1917
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Title
"For Freedom!": Appeal to Russian women by the Committee for Spiritual Re-Armament, 1917
Subject
War
Description
“For Freedom” an Appeal to Russian women to support the war effort, in Russian and in English translation.
The Appeal asks women to think how best they can help the war effort through their relationships with the soldiers on the battlefield, their sons and husbands. The leaflet refers to news of Russian soldiers fraternising with the Germans, who made them “drink vodka, extorting military secrets from them”. The final paragraph reads. “Citizens, mothers and wives of soldiers, tell your sons and husbands that Russia is put to shame because of them and send them these leaflets quickly. Write to them that any disorder in our army strengthens the enemy, prolonging war. Let them think it over, pull themselves together and form an iron-strong regiment, ready to go forth at the first command.”
The Appeal asks women to think how best they can help the war effort through their relationships with the soldiers on the battlefield, their sons and husbands. The leaflet refers to news of Russian soldiers fraternising with the Germans, who made them “drink vodka, extorting military secrets from them”. The final paragraph reads. “Citizens, mothers and wives of soldiers, tell your sons and husbands that Russia is put to shame because of them and send them these leaflets quickly. Write to them that any disorder in our army strengthens the enemy, prolonging war. Let them think it over, pull themselves together and form an iron-strong regiment, ready to go forth at the first command.”
Creator
Committee for Spiritual Re-Armament
Source
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
Publisher
Unknown
Date
1917
Rights
Copyright: Believed to be expired. Please notify archives@uea.ac.uk if you have reason to believe this is not the case.
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Format
jpeg image file
Language
English (United Kingdom)
Russian
Type
Identifier
KP/JK/4/1/5
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Paper
Collection
Citation
Committee for Spiritual Re-Armament, “"For Freedom!": Appeal to Russian women by the Committee for Spiritual Re-Armament, 1917,” Suffragette Stories, accessed April 24, 2024, https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/90.