Nurses at the Front: Writing the Wounds of the Great War

A eloquent pair of observers illuminate the role of women in wartime and add significantly to the literature on the Great War.

The Ontario Military Hospital
By John Pateman
... Colonel R. M. Simpson, Colonel J. A. Gunn, Colonel W. H. Delaney Matrons: V. C. Nesbitt, E. Campbell. General Hospital No. 2 Organized Valcartier September, 1914 Salisbury Plain, 18-10-14 to 13-3-15 Le Treport, 16-3-15 to 2-3-19.
Nurses of Passchendaele: Caring for the Wounded of the Ypres Campaigns 1914-1918
By Christine E. Hallett
Nurses themselves came under shellfire and were vulnerable to aerial bombardment, and some were killed or injured while on active service.Alongside an analysis of the intricacies of their practice, the book traces the personal stories of ...
The Roses of No Man's Land: Nurses on the Western Front
By Lyn Macdonald
All this is superbly captured in The Roses of No Man's Land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme courage.
In the Service of Life: The Story of Elsie Inglis and the Scottish Women's Hospitals
By Leah Leneman
In the Service of Life: The Story of Elsie Inglis and the Scottish Women's Hospitals