America seemed more worried about bread and beans than bullets. From the moment the nation entered the Great War, food became an anxious issue. While the U.S. government was confident of its ability to produce munitions, the food riots that rocked several cities in...
Just six weeks after the declaration of war, the Woman’s Journal, the NAWSA’s official publication, reported, “A suffragist chairman of agriculture has been appointed in every State of the Union, ‘Chairman of Potatoes’ being the title in which they rejoice.” While the...
