Summary: A Native German woman, probably in an attempt to quell anti-German hysteria, volunteered to serve as a physician for the army.
Citation: "Woman Surgeon A War Time Helper Cleveland Physician, Native of Germany, Offers Her Services to." Plain Dealer 12 Apr. 1917: 3. NewsBank. Web. 19 May 2016.
A German-American Surgeon’s Attempt to Demonstrate Her Loyalty to the USA.
Frieda E. Weiss, an American surgeon, and the only female surgeon in all of Cleveland, was born in Germany, but offered her services to the US government in the midst of WWI, a time where Germans were distrusted and faced persecution in the US. Weiss’s story shows how German-Americans treaded carefully during WWI as to not appear unfaithful to the US, but it also shows how German-Americans attempted to do their part to support the war effort and in effect show they were no different from any other Americans.
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