W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2014 'The Scar Must Remain': Memory and the First World War in the Ruth Fielding and Beverly Gray Series Anna Murell Thompson College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the American Literature Commons Recommended Citation Thompson, Anna Murell, "'The Scar Must Remain': Memory and the First World War in the Ruth Fielding and Beverly Gray Series" (2014). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626750. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-d7s7-s970 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Scar Must Remain’: Memory and the First World War in the Ruth Fielding and Beverly Gray Series Anna Murell Thompson Amherst, New Hampshire Bachelor of Arts, Hartwick College, 2010 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts American Studies Program The College of William and Mary January 2014 APPROVAL PAGE This Thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts r 'Anna Murell Thompson Approved by the Committee, October 2013 Committee Chair Associate Professor Chandos Brown, American Studies and History The College of William and Mary Associate Professor Leisa MeyAr, American Studies and History The College oi/Wjllj3 m_and Mary Associata'Prgffessor JfenM e r Pitted Brotish arifrWomen's Studies The (College of William and Mary ABSTRACT Young women coming of age during the interwar years were immersed in a rapidly expanding consumer culture that allowed them to literally buy memories.