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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... executive ability were already making her a leader among the war workers , was one of those selected to visit the camps . There she found that the soldiers had chris- tened the havelocks " the white nightcaps " and that they tore them ...
... executive ability were already making her a leader among the war workers , was one of those selected to visit the camps . There she found that the soldiers had chris- tened the havelocks " the white nightcaps " and that they tore them ...
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... executive ability and quite possibly possessed of charm . There remained for the Sanitary Commission and the Surgeon General to review the failures and advances demonstrated by the handling of the Shiloh wounded . On the credit side of ...
... executive ability and quite possibly possessed of charm . There remained for the Sanitary Commission and the Surgeon General to review the failures and advances demonstrated by the handling of the Shiloh wounded . On the credit side of ...
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... please . " The great sensation of the Fair was President Lincoln's gift of the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation . With it came a letter : " Executive Mansion Washington , October 26 , 1863 To 310 THE WOMEN AND THE CRISIS.
... please . " The great sensation of the Fair was President Lincoln's gift of the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation . With it came a letter : " Executive Mansion Washington , October 26 , 1863 To 310 THE WOMEN AND THE CRISIS.
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