The Untold Story Of The Woman Who Created New Faces For Disfigured WWI Soldiers.
Soldiers in the trenches during World War I weren’t just risking their lives when they peered out of their trenches and foxholes to scan their surroundings. Their faces were the most vulnerable part of their bodies, and even if they weren’t killed, bullets, shrapnel and other artillery often left them with severe disfigurements.
An estimated 20,000 soldiers returned home with such severe injuries that they lived out the rest of their lives as hermits, afraid to show their faces in public.
When American sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd heard their stories, she decided to do something about it.
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Anna was a skilled artist, studying in Paris and Rome before settling in Manchester, Massachusetts where she also dabbled as a playwright. But sculpture was her forte, and after movin...