Life During World War I
During World War I, Gertrude Whitney dedicated a great deal of her time and money to various relief efforts, establishing and maintaining a hospital for wounded soldiers in Juilly, about 35 km northwest of Paris in France. Following the end of the War, she was involved in the creation of a number of commemorative sculptures.
It was also during World War I that her brother Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt perished in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania .
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