Band of Sisters Patches Although prior to the First

Although prior to the First World War

In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American "new woman

A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker

by Barbara W

Band of Sisters Patches Although prior to the FirstDescription by Lauren Willig paperback A scholarship girl from Brooklyn, Kate Moran thought she found a place among Smiths Mayflower descendants, only to have her illusions dashed the summer after graduation. When charismatic alumna Betsy Rutherford delivers a rousing speech at the Smith College Club in April of 1917, looking for volunteers to help French civilians decimated by the German war machine, Kate is too busy earning her living to even think