1.0SplashPagehttps://warpoets.org.uk/splashpageHelenhttps://warpoets.org.uk/splashpage/blog/author/helen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6mmDwBdSo5"><a href="https://warpoets.org.uk/splashpage/poets-and-poetry/mary-borden/">Mary Borden</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://warpoets.org.uk/splashpage/poets-and-poetry/mary-borden/embed/#?secret=6mmDwBdSo5" width="600" height="338" title="“Mary Borden” — SplashPage" data-secret="6mmDwBdSo5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://warpoets.org.uk/splashpage/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2014/05/Borden.jpg400400Mary Borden, a Chicago heiress, came to Britain before the First World War, having married a Scottish missionary. Tim Kendall writes in his War Poets blog When he enlisted, she was also determined to contribute to the war effort, and seems to have been in no way distracted by the birth of her third child  Continue Reading »