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World War I brought out the best and the worst of mankind and the people involved have been remembered either for the terror they brought or the compassion they showed. One of those compassionate individuals was Anna Coleman Watts Ladd, an American sculptor who moved to France with her husband in 1917. She created portrait-masks for severely injured WWI soldiers. Needless to say, her work changed many people’s lives
In late 1917, Ladd was inspired by sculptor Francis Derwent Wood who created face masks for severely injured WWI warriors in his “Tin Noses Shop”
After that, Ladd founded the “Studio for Portrait-Masks” where she provided cosmetic masks for badly disfigured WWI soldiers
During this era, injured men battled with the psychological stress of worrying what people would think about their damaged appearance
These victims were referred to as “the most tragic of all war’s victims” since most of them were doomed to a life of total isolation
In 1932, to honor her charitable work, Ladd was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by the French Government
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