Rose Wilder Lane’s Article “Seven Days in Smyrna”
In 1923, when Rose Wilder Lane worked in publicity for Near East Relief (NER), they assigned her to collaborate with Agnes Evon, an NER nurse. Evon had responded to the Burning of Smyrna, which started on September 13, 1923. Smyrna (today Izmir) had been part of Greece, and Greece had…