Book ID: CBB001552214

Veiled Warriors: Allied Nurses of the First World War (2014)

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Hallett, Christine E. (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: xxii + 359 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Caring for the wounded of the First World War was tough and challenging work, demanding extensive knowledge, technical skill, and high levels of commitment. Although allied nurses were admired in their own time for their altruism and courage, their image was distorted by the lens of popular mythology. They came to be seen as self-sacrificing heroines, romantic foils to the male combatant and doctors' handmaidens, rather than being appreciated as trained professionals performing significant work in their own right. Christine Hallett challenges these myths to reveal the true story of allied nursing in the First World War - one which is both more complex and more absorbing. Drawing upon evidence from archives across the world, this book offers a compelling account of nurses' wartime experiences and a clear appraisal of their work and its contribution to the allied cause between 1914 and 1918, on both the Western and the Eastern Fronts. Nurses believed they were involved in a multi-layered battle. Primarily, they were fighting for the lives of their patients on the 'second battlefield' of casualty clearing stations, transports, and military hospitals. Beyond this, they were an integral component of the allied military machine, putting their own lives at risk in field hospitals close to the front lines, on board hospital ships vulnerable to enemy submarine attack, and in base hospitals subject to heavy bombardment.

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Review Angela K. Smith (2015) Review of "Veiled Warriors: Allied Nurses of the First World War". American Historical Review (pp. 953-955). unapi

Review Smith, Angela K. (2015) Review of "Veiled Warriors: Allied Nurses of the First World War". American Historical Review (pp. 953-955). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hallett, Christine E.
Lee, Janet
Margaret H. Harrow
Astrid Stölzle
Fabbricatore, Fabio
Janet S. K. Watson
Concepts
Medicine and the military; medicine in war
World War I
Nurses and nursing
Hospitals and clinics
Medicine
Women and health
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Italy
Europe
Lyon (France)
Edinburgh
Turin (Italy)
Institutions
Red Cross Societies
American Red Cross
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