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Marion G. Crandell
Marion G. Crandell (April 25, 1872 – March 26, 1918), sometimes seen as Marion G. Crandall, was an American educator and war worker. She was "the first American woman in active service killed in World War I."[1] Early life and educationCrandell was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa[2] and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of George Taylor Crandell and Anjeannette Adeline Taylor Crandell. Her father was an auditor for the Union Pacific Railroad.[3][4] She graduated from Omaha High School in 1889,[5] and studied French at the Sorbonne.[6] She trained as a teacher the University of Colorado.[3] CareerCrandell was a French teacher in Iowa, Nebraska, and California. She was on the faculty of Bellevue College in Omaha from 1911 to 1915.[3] After visiting her brother George in Alameda, California,[7][8] Crandell volunteered to do war relief work in France.[9] She arrived in France in February 1918, taught French to other volunteers, and worked in a canteen near the front lines.[10] Crandell died in 1918,[11] when an artillery shell struck the YMCA canteen where she was working, near Sainte-Menehould.[12] She was 45 years old.[2][6] LegacyCrandell's grave is in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery. There is a school building named for her in Davenport, Iowa, and historical marker.[13] A section of Iowa highway also commemorates her. Her name was included on the war memorial at her alma mater in Omaha.[2][6] In 2011, she was inducted into the Omaha Central High School Hall of Fame.[5] References
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