1 option

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:
Author/Creator:
Series:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
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.

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.