Is there an official list of all the women who won the Croix de Guerre for driving ambulances in World War I?

Question

A writer's obit (in 1972) claimed she won the medal, but, in a memoir (in 1942), her son wrote that she stayed in the U.S. throughout the war. She liked to make up stories about herself--but it must have been her son who supplied the info. for the obit.

Answer 1

Here is a list of those who received the Croix de Guerre in WWI

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9go...

No woman received the Croix de Guerre during WWI, and certainly not for only driving an ambulance.

Answer 2

There should be - but you'll have to hope a Frenchman can come up with a website.

All our parents fiddled with their histories - we do too.

That's why, when doing research, you need primary sources. (And why I looked up some of my Dad's reported exploits.)

We might have come to America - but he was 100% Irish with all the blarney that contained. He had me believing Dr. Pepper was carbonated prune juice until I was in my 20's.

You can try Googling and then keep narrowing your search criteria.