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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... Story on the same topic , though that is a most unscholarly approach to a complicated and highly technical subject . Lucy's first point should probably be left out altogether , for it is not fully clear what she means by " custody of ...
... Story on the same topic , though that is a most unscholarly approach to a complicated and highly technical subject . Lucy's first point should probably be left out altogether , for it is not fully clear what she means by " custody of ...
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... story that her guards took the most tender care of her and that as she lay sick in the intolerable heat one of them came to fan her . There is also the story that the Confederate provost marshal , Captain Pedden , fell in love with her ...
... story that her guards took the most tender care of her and that as she lay sick in the intolerable heat one of them came to fan her . There is also the story that the Confederate provost marshal , Captain Pedden , fell in love with her ...
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... Story of the War . A. D. Worthington & Co. , Hartford , Conn . , 1887 . Livermore , Mary A. The Story of My Life . A. D. Worthington & Co. , Hart- ford , Conn . , 1897 . Livermore , Thomas L. Numbers & Losses in the Civil War in America ...
... Story of the War . A. D. Worthington & Co. , Hartford , Conn . , 1887 . Livermore , Mary A. The Story of My Life . A. D. Worthington & Co. , Hart- ford , Conn . , 1897 . Livermore , Thomas L. Numbers & Losses in the Civil War in America ...
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