1. Chapter 18: Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ World War I Experiences By: Michael Scholz

2.  She worked for the Miami Herald  She fell for Kenneth Rotharmel, a reporter with the Miami Metropolis

3.  Enlisted in 1917, looking for an adventure  Joined the Red Cross  She left for France…

4.  Marjory was in Paris on the morning of November 11,1918  In “Athens to Marseilles,” she wrote, “It is a queer time, just after a war. It is not war certainly. But it is not peace…

5.  “The rubble of war and the dislocation afflicted on civilian men, women, and children left her with lasting images.”

6.  Quake in Mugello Valley, south of Florence killed more than 100 and left 1,000’s homeless

7.  Both cities reminded Marjory of what was missing back home in Miami

8.  She considered the great city the world’s cultural and social epicenter.

9.  Belgium was destroyed, but the Balkan States were even more devastated

10.  Afterwards, Marjory enjoyed a stay in a village below Mount Olympus