In the service of life : the story of Elsie Inglis and the Scottish Women's Hospitals
Leneman, Leah1994
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When the First World War broke out in August 1914, Dr Elsie Inglis, then a leading suffragist, came up with the idea of forming all-women units of doctors, nurses, orderlies and ambulance drivers to serve at the front. The authorities scoffed: women would never be able to organise and carry out such work. The Scottish Women's Hospitals proved them wrong many times over. They worked through the appalling carnage of the Somme, took part in the great Serbian retreat across the mountains of Albania, and were caught up in the Russian Revolution. Leah Leneman tells their almost forgotten story in all its rich detail. Personal letters and diaries give a vivid picture of women battling with new experiences and challenges.
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Author:
Leneman, Leah, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Mercat Press, 1994.
Collation:
274 pages : 29 illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
18736442649781873644263
Dewey class:
362.11092940.3476411940.475610362
Local class:
940.47542362.11940.475
Language:
English
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Index terms:
INGLIS, ElsieSUFFRAGETTESWORLD WAR INURSESDOCTORS
BRN:
500094
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