Nurse Writers of the Great War /
Examining the experiences of First World War nurses through their own writings, this book offers fresh insights into the reality of industrial warfare.
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2016.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Hallett, Christine E., |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Nurse Writers of the Great War / |c Christine E. Hallett. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Manchester : |b Manchester University Press, |c 2016. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2017 | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I Independent ladies; 1 Heroines in Belgium and Serbia; Introduction: plucky nurses; The duchess-directrice: Millicent Sutherland and her ambulance; Escaping the German advance: a war nurse's diary; Nurse fighters on the Serbian Front; A quest too far: the death of Sarah Macnaughtan; Conclusion: heroines on Western and Eastern Fronts; Notes; 2 Le petit paradis des blesses; Introduction: the little paradise. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Narratives of L'Hôpital Chirurgical Mobile No. 1Mary Borden's Forbidden Zone; Agnes Warner: devoted professional; Conclusion: the 'Directrice' and the head nurse; Notes; 3 The hell at the heart of paradise; Introduction: more writings from L'Hôpital Chirurgical Mobile No. 1; War's backwash; Maud Mortimer: witnessing nursing; Conclusion: the power of interpretation; Notes; Part II Professional women; 4 In France with the British Expeditionary Force; Introduction: the power of professional nursing; The quintessential British nurse: Kate Luard; Alice Fitzgerald: entrapped nurse. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Conclusion: professional nurses in military hospitalsNotes; 5 American nurses in Europe; Introduction: American nurses and the war in Europe; Julia Stimson's 'splendid women'; Pioneer nurse: the adventures of Helen Dore Boylston; Conclusion: far-off lands and strange adventures; Notes; 6 The war nurse as free agent; Introduction: the rewards of professional nursing; Heroine of Pervyse: the adventures of Elsie Knocker; Violetta Thurstan: intrepid, travelling nurse; Conclusion: intrepid nurses; Notes; Part III Volunteer girls; 7 American young women at war; Introduction: American women at war. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Disillusionment and despair: meeting the realities of warThe mystery of War Nurse; Conclusion: the truth about the war; Notes; 8 The British 'VAD'; Introduction: becoming a VAD; Realising war's realities; Vera Brittain's Testament; Enid Bagnold: military medicine as part of the 'war machine'; Needed by the country: Irene Rathbone's 'novel'; Conclusion: the VAD as witness; Notes; 9 Epic romance on Western and Eastern Fronts; Introduction: the romance of volunteer work; Ordeals on the Western Front; 'Wide open world': the adventures of Florence Farmborough. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Broken spell: war and revolution in the writings of Mary BritnievaConclusion: 'ordeal' and 'apotheosis'; Notes; Conclusion; Remembering and memorialising; Dutiful daughters of the allied cause; Intrepid travelling nurses; Heretical nurses; Autonomy and agency; The truth about the war; Notes; Bibliography; Primary sources; Archives consulted; Articles and columns published anonymously in the British Journal of Nursing; Books and journal articles published between 1890 and 1946; Books and journal articles published between 1947 and 2014; Theses and dissertations; Index. | |
| 506 | 0 | |a Open Access |f Unrestricted online access |2 star | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Examining the experiences of First World War nurses through their own writings, this book offers fresh insights into the reality of industrial warfare. | |
| 546 | |a English. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Nurses' writings. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01041725 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Military nursing. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01021338 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Medical care. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01013753 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Autobiography. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00822597 | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a Nursing research & theory. |2 bicssc | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Nursing. |2 bicssc | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Nursing research and theory. |2 bicssc | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Nursing and ancillary services. |2 bicssc | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Medicine. |2 bicssc | |
| 650 | 7 | |a nurses. |2 aat | |
| 650 | 7 | |a autobiography (genre) |2 aat | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Medecine |x Histoire |y 20e siecle. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Infirmieres. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Autobiographie. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Autobiographie |x Histoire. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Écrits d'infirmieres. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Soins infirmiers militaires. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 |x Soins medicaux. | |
| 650 | 2 | |a Military Nursing | |
| 650 | 2 | |a History, 20th Century | |
| 650 | 2 | |a Nurses | |
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| 650 | 2 | |a Autobiographies as Topic | |
| 650 | 2 | |a Military Nursing |x history | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Autobiography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Autobiography |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nurses' writings. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Military nursing. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1914-1918 |x Medical care. | |
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