November 7, 2014, Friday - American Women Rebuilding France 1917-1924 Opening Talk at Alliance Française

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Alliance Française, 113 N First Street

American Women Rebuilding France 1917-1924 - An exhibition of photographs and silent films from the Franco-American Museum in Picardy, France, runs November 7 to 26, 2014, at Alliance Française Grande Salle.

Opening Talk with Elaine Uzan Leary, Executive Director of the American Friends of Blérancourt and  Miles Morgan, great nephew of Anne Morgan and great-grandson of JP Morgan

The exhibit consists of reproductions of WWI-era photographs and rare silent film footage that bring to life the extraordinary work undertaken between 1917 and 1924 by 350 American women, all volunteers, who left comfortable lives in the United States to help the war-ravaged civilian population in Picardy, in northeastern France.

$10 AF members; $15 general public.

This event was made possible with the support from the Federation of Alliance Française USA, the Délégation générale de l'Alliance Française aux E-U, the American Friends of Blerancourt, the Florence Gould Foundation, and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, and RMN l’agence photographique.