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Joanna Scutts
Joanna Scutts is a historian and cultural critic, and the author of
The Extra Woman: How Marjorie Hillis Led a Generation of Women to Live Alone and Like It.
Charles Platiau / Reuters
The Day Europe Fell Silent
In 1918, a father lost his son to World War I. From his grief came the first moment of silence.
Joanna Scutts
November 12, 2018