Title	Letter by Red Cross Worker, Florence Ritchey
Owning Institution	Indiana Historical Society
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Item ID	M0736_BOX1_FOLDER16
Description	Lives on the WWII homefront changed rapidly in part because of the absence and sometimes death of husbands, fathers, sons, daughters. Reorganization of daily life was necessary to win the war. Florence (Gambill) Ritchey was born in Sullivan County. During WWII, she worked for the Greene County Red Cross and writing letters for military families was one of her jobs. Ritchey wrote this letter on behalf of a family who needed their son released from service.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 --War work Correspondence American Red Cross. Greene County (Ind.) Chapter Ritchey, Florence E., 1883-
Creator	Florence Ritchey
Date	1945
Time Period	1940s (1940-1949)
Geographic Location	Indiana--Greene County
Source Collection Name	Florence and Isaac Ritchey Papers, 1903-1953
Source Collection Number	M0736
Digital Collection Name	Assorted Images from IHS Collections
Digital Collection Number	V0002
Format of Original	Print
Digital Format	JP2000
Resolution	600 ppi
Destination IN Journey	Destination Indiana Women at Work Journey
Copyright Notice	Digital Image 2010 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
CONTENTdm number	2394
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