another french citizen in australia offered to provide them shelter for the quarantine even when she was not surrounded by animals there's a wardrobe and artistic endeavors drew attention she wore pants both for roles in the theater and when working at her home bernhard also took a painting and sculpting and detractors rumored that her pieces were finished or touched up by other artists but she was still allowed to display pieces in the pair salon and even won a medal for a statue in NUMBER_TOKEN the statue aprele tempete is housed in the national museum of women in the arts here in america one might assume someone with sarah's dramatic personality would be self-centered however she showed both patriotism and a willingness to make sacrifices for the benefit of others when paris was under siege during the franco-prussian war in NUMBER_TOKEN sarah sent her family away from the danger to the country but stayed in the city to find a way to help the theaters were forced to close but bernhard took the lead in repurposing the odion where she was working into a hospital for wounded soldiers she organized workers to create words in the main parts of the building and rallied friends and businessmen to bring food and supplies to ensure there were eggs for the hospital she turned her apartment into a chicken coop for hens and geese and slept at the converted theater the siege lasted weeks and sarah became immersed in tending the wounded at the theater turned hospital at one point she even went with monks to the field to bring wounded soldiers back for care ultimately france was forced to sign a peace treaty and seed alsace and lorraine to germany but sarah bernhardt was awarded a gold medal from france for her efforts and patriotism even as she neared the end of her tremendous career she stepped up for soldiers and her country in NUMBER_TOKEN war once against threatened paris and this time sarah was warned by authorities that she would be a target because losing a public icon would have demoralized her countrymen she left the city with her family while safely in bordeaux the NUMBER_TOKEN year old actress had her right leg amputated because of pain from a knee injury that would not heal yet she still wanted to help her country win the war as soon as it was feasible to return to paris she participated in a patriotic new play called cathedrals as the voice of strasbourg cathedral to boost spirits and encourage optimism that france could win the war against germany this time her performances later in life were remarkable for a woman who listed among her greatest fears that she would grow old on stage in the NUMBER_TOKEN autobiography she wrote those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of NUMBER_TOKEN know how to defend themselves entertainers visiting troops in the field was not a common occurrence during world war one but sarah found out that a group of young actors from the comedic frances was going to the war zone to perform she was not about to be left behind keep in mind sarah had just recovered from an amputation and she was over NUMBER_TOKEN not exactly the ideal scenario for a trip to the front line however sarah not only insisted she practiced for hours to prove she could do it the group was persuaded to take her along and she received a
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