Sister soldiers of the Great War : the nurses of the Canadian Army Medical Corps / Cynthia Toman.
Sister soldiers of the Great War : the nurses of the Canadian Army Medical Corps / Cynthia Toman.
By
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Toman, Cynthia, 1948-
Publication Date
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2016
Publication Information
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Vancouver : UBC Press,
Physical Description
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ix, 297 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term
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Medical care.
Nurses -- Canada -- Biography.
Women.
Military nursing.
Nurses.
Military nursing -- Canada -- History.
Nurses -- Canada -- History.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Canada.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care.
Series
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STUDIES IN CANADIAN MILITARY HISTORY
STUDIES IN CANADIAN MILITARY HISTORY.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
:
In Sisters Soldiers of the Great War, award-winning author Cynthia Toman recovers the long-lost history of Canada's first women soldiers--nursing sisters who enlisted as officers with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. The nursing sisters' had a mandate to salvage as many sick and wounded men as possible for return to the frontlines. Nothing prepared them for poor living conditions, the scale of casualties, or the type of wounds they encountered, but their letters and diaries reveal that they were determined to soldier on under all circumstances while still "living as well as possible
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780774832144
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.47 T59 | Checked In |