Letters from Clara: One Intrepid Woman's Travels on the Eve of War, 1936-1939 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780870209871)

A unique collection of letters from a member of the YWCA on her first world tour in the 1930s, Letters from Clara tells one woman's story of adventure and danger on the eve of World War II. Despite limited financial means, Clara Pagel was richly resourceful and used the YWCA network to find work and places to live in the Far East, along the way meeting other women also working their way around the world. As Clara described in letters to her YWCA friends back home, her sojourn was filled with museums and world-famous landmarks, as well as typhoons, bombings, and earthquakes. These experiences are described in over one hundred pages of letters, annotated throughout by Janet Newman. Upon Clara's return to the United States in 1939, she enrolled at the University of Chicago and earned an MBA at the age of forty-six. This is the story of a remarkable woman on an unexpected but fulfilling journey to learn about the world and herself.

Author: Janet Newman
ISBN-10: 0870209876
ISBN-13: 9780870209871
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 06/13/2022
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.55d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 02/27/2022