I "stole" this from our national website; I thought it was interesting!
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Stars in Our Service Flag
Delta Zeta's Service During World War I
World War I (1914-1918), the first major conflict to involve all of the world's great powers, brought Delta Zetas to the front with the United States' entry in 1917. Many alumnae were directly involved through Red Cross knitting units, purchasing Liberty Bonds and War Saving Stamps, and forming food conservation units. Others served with the Salvation Army Nursing units, many overseas. When the 1918 flu epidemic swept the country, they served as emergency nurses.
Americans learned that there were things they could live without. "Meatless, wheatless, heatless" became the watch words for the eight chapters whose members lived in chapter houses, as they joined thousands of others whose efforts supported those doing the actual fighting.
Martha Railsback, DePauw - Delta, Grand President, whose war-related work left no time for Sorority business, resigned. During World War I, she worked for the Council of National Defense, a wartime organization that coordinated the work of state and local defense councils and women's organizations.
Georgia Lee Chandler Hornung, Indiana - Epsilon, who would later serve as Delta Zeta's National Vice President, 1924-1926 and 1934-1936, traveled overseas with the National War Work Council under the Y.W.C.A. to serve the war effort in England, France, Germany and Spain. She also worked with the Rockefeller Foundation during this time, which, in 1918, provided more than $22 million in war relief efforts.
Flora Ruth, Indiana - Epsilon, was the first Delta Zeta to die while serving as an army nurse in World War I.
Later, during World War II, Delta Zeta's Service Flag would become a regular feature in The LAMP, listing the names of members serving their country in a uniformed service.
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"Stars in Our Service Flag" is still a feature in every issue of our magazine, "The Lamp". I am so proud of my sisters who joined the War effort way back when and the ones who are active today as well!
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