“No lack of time, strength or money shall prevent me from doing anything that I want to do,” was Sarah Macnaughtan’s lifelong motto, first uttered in her younger years. A compassionate and daring woman ahead of her time who stood barely over 5 feet tall, Sarah let no obstacles become roadblocks in her life.” LifeWomenCompassionCourageEnglandBraveryScotlandScottishOvercoming ObstaclesWw1 Book:The Strange Side of War: A Woman’s WWI Diary Source: The Strange Side of War: A Woman’s WWI Diary
“Her unique observations are about how the war impacted people—from the thrill-seekers going to battlefields for fun, to the nurses working among the wounded in darkness, and London society women venturing into foreign lands to work near dangerous enemy lines.” WarWomenHistoryBattleEnglandHeroesScotlandWw1Red CrossNurses Book:The Strange Side of War: A Woman's WWI Diary Source: The Strange Side of War: A Woman's WWI Diary
“She worked there for several months as a slave in a Mexican family until they sold her to a wealthy Hispanic man from Santa Fe, N.M. He also purchased another young captive Apache woman from New Mexico to accompany them. Both women were loaded onto an oxcart bound for Santa Fe in a journey that could take at least three months.” WomenHistoryMexicoNative AmericanTribeSouthwestSanta FeTrue StoriesApache Book:Captives of the Southwest Source: Captives of the Southwest