From handmaiden to right hand--the beginning of World War I

As the United States recovered from the War Between the States, unrest was brewing in Europe. In 1914, the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife set events in motion that eventually would lead to the first World War. During that time, Edith Cavell, a British-born nurse working in Belgium, was drawn into events that would lead to her eventual death. She was tried, convicted, and executed for her role in helping her countrymen escape through the underground.