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3 unusual facts about Nelly Erichsen


Nelly Erichsen

During the years of the First World War and especially after the intervention of the United States, the three women became organisers of aid work for the families of soldiers, particularly after the huge losses of the Battle of Caporetto (now Kobarid, Slovenia) in 1917.

From 1912 until November 1918, Erichsen was living in the quiet Tuscan spa town of Bagni di Lucca with two companions - Evangeline Whipple and Rose Cleveland.

Rose Cleveland

They shared the house with the English illustrator and artist Nelly Erichsen.



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