Jun 18, 2019 By: yunews
Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at , has published an essay on Ellen Newbold La Motte in .
Subtitled “Brief life of a bold activist: 1873-1961,” Dr. Wachtell outlines the extraordinary life led by La Motte, ranging from being the author of a devastating portrait of war in The Backwash of War: The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse to being a highly successful investor in the stock market, saying that “The Stock Exchange… brings me quite a nice return. I am having lots of fun with it.”
Dr. Wachtell also had a review article published about La Motte in , titled “The ‘literary high explosives’ of Ellen La Motte’s ‘Backwash of War’.”
Dr. Wachtell has published extensively on La Motte’s life:
Wachtell Garners Attention for Ellen N. La Motte
Wachtell Presents Paper About the Great War
Wachtell Publishes Article in Tikkun
Wachtell Delivers Lecture, Publishes Essays on Antiwar Literature
