{"id":190203,"date":"2025-04-18T04:47:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T04:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/constructing-disability-after-the-great-war-blind-veterans-in-the-progressive-era\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T04:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T04:47:42","slug":"constructing-disability-after-the-great-war-blind-veterans-in-the-progressive-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=190203","title":{"rendered":"Constructing Disability after the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-357\">\n<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shgape.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shgape.org\/books\/\">Books<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Constructing Disability after the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-grid\">\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shgape.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sullivan-CVR-scaled.jpg\" class=\"post-image\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As Americans\u2013both civilians and veterans\u2013worked to determine the meanings of identity for blind veterans of World War I, they bound cultural constructs of blindness to all the emotions and contingencies of mobilizing and fighting the war, and healing from its traumas. 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