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American war worker
Marion G. Crandell
A smiling white woman with dark hairMarion G. Crandell, from a 1926 publication
BornApril 25, 1872
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
DiedMarch 26, 1918 (age 45)
France
Occupation(s)Educator, war worker
Known forFirst American woman in active service killed in World War I

Marion G. Crandell (April 25, 1872 – March 26, 1918), sometimes seen as Marion G. Crandall, was an American educator and war worker. She was "the first American woman in active service killed in World War I."

Early life and education

Crandell was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of George Taylor Crandell and Anjeannette Adeline Taylor Crandell. Her father was an auditor for the Union Pacific Railroad. She graduated from Omaha High School in 1889, and studied French at the Sorbonne. She trained as a teacher the University of Colorado.

Career

Crandell was a French teacher in Iowa, Nebraska, and California. She was on the faculty of Bellevue College in Omaha from 1911 to 1915.

After visiting her brother George in Alameda, California, Crandell volunteered to do war relief work in France. She arrived in France in February 1918, taught French to other volunteers, and worked in a canteen near the front lines. Crandell died in 1918, when an artillery shell struck the YMCA canteen where she was working, near Sainte-Menehould. She was 45 years old.

Legacy

Crandell's grave is in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery. There is a school building named for her in Davenport, Iowa, and historical marker. A section of Iowa highway also commemorates her. Her name was included on the war memorial at her alma mater in Omaha. In 2011, she was inducted into the Omaha Central High School Hall of Fame.

References

  1. "In Memoriam: Marion G. Crandell". Primary Selections from Special Collections, Davenport Public Library. 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  2. ^ Swanger, Michael. "Publisher's Perspective: Iowan was first U.S. woman killed in active service during the Great War -". Iowa History Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  3. ^ Fannon-Langton, Diane (November 9, 2018). "Time Machine: Marion Crandel - The first U.S. woman killed in World War I was from Cedar Rapids". The Gazette. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  4. "Omaha Girl First Woman to Make Supreme Sacrifice". Carry on. 5 (2): 30. May 1926.
  5. ^ "Central will add 11 to its Hall of Fame". Omaha World-Herald. 2011-09-24. p. 44. Retrieved 2023-07-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Marion G. Crandell". The Central High School Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  7. "Gone West: Gold Stars on the Service Flag of the Sunset Country". Sunset Magazine. 41 (4): 14. October 1918.
  8. "Alameda Woman Dies by Explosion of Shell". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1918-03-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-07-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Hart, Albert Bushnell (1920). Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War. Harper. p. 313.
  10. "Miss Crandell, Killed at Front, a Teacher". New-York Tribune. 1918-03-31. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-07-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Huns Murder Former Local Girl in France; Marion G. Crandell Killed by Shell in Canteen near Challons". Quad-City Times. 1918-03-31. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-07-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Church Woman Killed by German Bomb in France". The Churchman. 117: 524. April 20, 1918.
  13. "Marion G. Crandell Historical Marker". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 2023-07-29.

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