During the Armenian Genocide , Elizabeth Ussher was stationed in Van when the Van Resistance took place . Throughout the time , she wrote about the events in daily entries in her diary . These diary entries , along with a description of the events , were then published by her father John Otis Barrows in 1917 in a book entitled '' In the Land of Ararat : A Sketch of the Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman '' . Once the resistance began , Barrows stated that " although the Vali calls it a rebellion , it is really an effort to protect the lives and the homes of the Armenians . " She also reported that a campaign of burning Armenian residences and households throughout various parts of area was initiated
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Elizabeth Barrows Ussher