The Living Present

"The Living Present" by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton is a book about French women playing crucial roles during World War I. It shows them as strong and helpful while their country is at war. The author tells about her time in France from May to August 1916, and shows the readers how the women helped by sharing stories of women that helped wounded soldiers. This gives the reader context of how women help the ones wounded in the World War. The book also shows how the women changed to help by taking on roles they didn't have before.