Sister soldiers of the Great War : the nurses of the Canadian Army Medical Corps / Cynthia Toman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toman, Cynthia, 1948- author.

Series:

Studies in Canadian military history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Canadian Army Medical Corps.

Nurses--Canada--Biography.

Nurses--Canada--History--20th century.

Military nursing--Canada--History--20th century.

World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--Canada.

World War, 1914-1918--Women--Canada.

Medical care.

Military nursing.

Nurses.

Women.

History.

Canada.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2016]

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.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The great machine of healing

The cast of characters

Soldiering on under all conditions

Soldiering on with medical and surgical work

Social sisters "living as well as possible"

Contemplating the costs of war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Toman, Cynthia, 1948-, author. Sister soldiers of the Great War.

ISBN:

9780774832137

0774832134

OCLC:

933273617