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Show American Legion Appeals to the American Women AMERICAN women are taking up the American Legion idea enthusiastically. The name of the English nurse, Edith Cavell, who was shot by the Germans, Ger-mans, lias been chosen as the title for the first post. The Edith Cavell post of sj; X 3 ,S worlds Z "--i? jLft LEGION Z- " ' the American Legion will be composed of yeomanettes of the Brooklyn navy yard. After It was decided at the St. Louis American Legion caucus that women were eligible for membership in the legion Chief Electrician James F. Goerick called together the yeomanettes yeoman-ettes of the Brooklyn station and on May 12 the first application . for a woman's post was filed by them. Within With-in the next two weeks applications for Edith Cavell posts were received from nearly every state of the Union. Headquarters has now ruled that the first charter would be given to the yeomanettes of the Brooklyn navy yard. Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, came second with a Besty Ross post. Next in line came applications appli-cations from the West for a Martha Washington post and a Molly Pitcher post Manhattan was fifth with an application for a Barbara Frletchie post. The war and navy departments have paid official tributes to the work which American women did In the great war. Many American girls and - women of more mature age underwent virtually all the dangers that the men underwent. Thousands of American women crossed the sea in the days of submarine dangers and entered on work In France which took them well into the zone ot fire. Scores of women have won decorations from the American government, or from the allied governments of Europe, not only for the heroic work of self-sacrifice, but for high courage in times of great danger. |