Frances Jewett Gulick was an American

United States

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 Y.M.C.A. welfare worker who was awarded a United States Army

United States Army

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 citation for valor and courage on the field during the aerial bombardment of Varmaise, Oise

Oise

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, France in World War I

World War I

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. She was attached to the First Engineers in Europe, and was operating a canteen at the time. She was pictured with 3 overseas service stripes on her sleeve, which represents at least 18 months of service.

Frances Jewett Gulick was born April 6, 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield, Massachusetts

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. Her mother was Charlotte Emily "Lottie" (Vetter) Gulick. Her father Luther Halsey Gulick Jr., M.D.

Luther Gulick (physician)

Luther Halsey Gulick, Jr. MD was an American physical education instructor, international basketball official, and founder with his wife of the Camp Fire Girls, an international youth organization now known as Camp Fire USA.-Life:...

 designed the Y.M.C.A. logo. Her great-grandfather was Peter Johnson Gulick

Peter Johnson Gulick

Peter Johnson Gulick was a missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii and Japan. He was patriarch of a family that also carried on the tradition of missionary work, and included several scientists.-Life:...

 (1796–1877), an early missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii

Kingdom of Hawaii

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Her army citation read as follows:

Miss Frances Gulick, Y.M.C.A. (attached to 1st U.S. Engineers) welfare worker, who has displayed the finest qualities of energy, courage and devotion in the discharge of her duties throughout the war and occupation of hostile territory, notably during the aerial bombardment at Vernaise, May 30, 1918, where, in spite of many casualties in the town, she remained at her post. From then until the division was relieved in July, 1918, Miss Gulick, with total disregard for her own personal safety, continued to operate her canteen, although the town was shelled and bombed at different times by the enemy, and her canteen itself struck.

She died November 29, 1936 in New York

New York

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External links

• Frances Jewett Gulick at Find A Grave