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Ywca

Stories set here

Quilt Squares and Dime Stamps for the War EffortToo young at eleven to fully understand the war, Iris nevertheless responded to President Roosevelt's radio appeal. On Saturday mornings she made quilt squares at the YWCA for Red Cross ladies to sew into quilts for GIs. At about thirteen she sold dime war savings stamps outside a grocery store, wearing a patriotic hat and apron. She recalls, with uncertainty, that a hundred stamps filled a book, says twenty-five dollars bought a war bond, and had two bonds by war's end. She also recalls why her father and grandfather were not drafted and mentions a boyfriend who joined the Marine Corps after the war.

Events here

Saturday mornings during the Second World War
Making quilt squares for GIs
Iris stacked completed squares for Red Cross ladies to sew into quilts going to GIs.

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