Life — November 8, 1917 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Women in the War" - Life Magazine Page This page celebrates American women's contributions to World War I efforts. The top cartoon shows German prisoners encountering Red Cross nurses marching down Fifth Avenue—the prisoners' shocked reaction ("Gott im Himmel! Kamerad, hurry up!") mocks enemy surprise at American women's military involvement. The lower cartoon, "The Patriotic Wife of a Pacifist," depicts a woman confronting a man opposing the war, shaming him into support ("I'm ashamed of him, Sam; but go ahead with the war. He won't bother you any more"). The accompanying article praises nurses, volunteers, and women's organizational work for war relief, food conservation, and bond sales. The satire targets both pacifist resistance and enemy underestimation of American female mobilization as sources of national strength.