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Our army nurses : interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our Civil War / compiled by Mary A. Gardner Holland.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women: Transnational Networks Available online
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women: Transnational Networks- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holland, Mary Gardner.
- Series:
- Genealogy & local history ; LH14419.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
- United States.
- History.
- Nurses--United States--Biography.
- Nurses.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
- Medical care.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
- Hospitals.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2-548 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : B. Wilkins & Co., 1895.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Civil War provided women with an opportunity to enter the field of medicine and laid the groundwork for the development of the nursing profession. This book provides biographical sketches on women such as Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix, who provided nursing care during the Civil War.
- Notes:
- "Sold by subscription only."
- Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
- Reproduction of the original from the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University.
- OCLC:
- 52059719
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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