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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... labor burned a bright little light , illuminating a future of comfort and prosperity Further on she notes , still in the same happy vein , that the " industrious and skillful can earn from six to eight dollars per week , never less than ...
... labor burned a bright little light , illuminating a future of comfort and prosperity Further on she notes , still in the same happy vein , that the " industrious and skillful can earn from six to eight dollars per week , never less than ...
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... labor editors , at its head . The Association was short - lived , but working women had dis- covered the power which belongs to the organized and the Association became the pattern for other groups seeking similar reforms . Women in ...
... labor editors , at its head . The Association was short - lived , but working women had dis- covered the power which belongs to the organized and the Association became the pattern for other groups seeking similar reforms . Women in ...
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... Labor Movement in the United States ( In- ternational Publishers , New York , 1947 ) . 8 This is a good place to sound a warning about the too literal acceptance of medical statistics in this period and throughout the war . Diagnosis ...
... Labor Movement in the United States ( In- ternational Publishers , New York , 1947 ) . 8 This is a good place to sound a warning about the too literal acceptance of medical statistics in this period and throughout the war . Diagnosis ...
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