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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... early in July he called on Secre- tary Seward whom he thought more worn and haggard than he had seemed three months earlier . General McDowell , who was to command the army in the coming campaign , was subjected by Russell to a press ...
... early in July he called on Secre- tary Seward whom he thought more worn and haggard than he had seemed three months earlier . General McDowell , who was to command the army in the coming campaign , was subjected by Russell to a press ...
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... early age she went to live with an uncle , the Honorable Frank B. Fay , Mayor of Chelsea , Massachu- setts . In the spring of 1861 , when Helen was in her early twenties , she helped organize the Soldiers ' Aid Society of Chelsea . She ...
... early age she went to live with an uncle , the Honorable Frank B. Fay , Mayor of Chelsea , Massachu- setts . In the spring of 1861 , when Helen was in her early twenties , she helped organize the Soldiers ' Aid Society of Chelsea . She ...
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... early years . She began to work for the sick and disabled soldiers early in 1862 , serving in the Long Island Hospital , and the hospitals at Devil's Island , Fort Schuyler , Willet's Point and Bedloe's Island . She worked for the New ...
... early years . She began to work for the sick and disabled soldiers early in 1862 , serving in the Long Island Hospital , and the hospitals at Devil's Island , Fort Schuyler , Willet's Point and Bedloe's Island . She worked for the New ...
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