Family Nibbles – Volume 11 is here! This book is about the lives of our Maninger ancestors from 1700 to 1920.
Continue readingMonth: September 2024
309 – Maningers 1920
We’ve come to the end of this series of stories. We’ve followed our Maninger family from 1700s Germany to 1920 Kansas.
In our previous story, Emily Maninger graduated and became a registered nurse in 1920.
Here’s an update on the rest of the family, and some sneak previews of what’s to come.
Continue reading308 – Wichita School for Nurses
Emily Maninger enrolled in Wichita Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1917. She hoped to go to the front to care for the troops in World War I.
307 – Oil and War
Oil and war were interdependent. World War I was the first war to depend on submarines, tanks, airplanes and motorized transport. The American economy was also dependent on oil.
The Maningers got knee-deep in oil and war.
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