The redoubtable Mrs.
Anderson's Great War Boston socialite Isabel Weld Perkins (later Anderson) inherited $5,000,000 when she was 5 years old in 1881, so began her life of privilege.
Nevertheless, when the First World War broke out she volunteered as a canteen worker in America, where she became the leader of Washington's Red Cross activities and Belgian relief work.
She then crossed to Europe to work in the war-zone, operating a Red Cross canteen for a period of time b.