The Women and the Crisis: Women of the North in the Civil WarMcDowell, Obolensky, 1959 - 389 páginas Chronicles the changes which came about through the dedicated work of Northern women during the Civil War regarding the responsibility for treatment of the wounded. Their efforts laid the groundwork for modern organized charity work, the Red Cross, and what could be considered military nursing. Biographies are included of notable women who dedicated themselves to caring for the wounded and changing government policy. |
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... Department the anxious hours of waiting were spent largely in talk , paper work , and the study of large but inadequate maps of the country south of the river . No one made any preparations either to feed or shelter the horde which ...
... Department the anxious hours of waiting were spent largely in talk , paper work , and the study of large but inadequate maps of the country south of the river . No one made any preparations either to feed or shelter the horde which ...
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... Department , and many through fear or with last minute preparations to make did not go to bed at all . When morning dawned without the expected attack having taken place , there was almost a sense of anticlimax , but the city was in a ...
... Department , and many through fear or with last minute preparations to make did not go to bed at all . When morning dawned without the expected attack having taken place , there was almost a sense of anticlimax , but the city was in a ...
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... Department , Military Hospital Be it known to all whom it may concern that the free services of Miss D. L. Dix are accepted by the War Department , and that she will give at all times all necessary aid in organizing military hospitals ...
... Department , Military Hospital Be it known to all whom it may concern that the free services of Miss D. L. Dix are accepted by the War Department , and that she will give at all times all necessary aid in organizing military hospitals ...
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