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The Backwash of War An Extraordinary American Nurse in World War I / Ellen N. La Motte ; edited with an introduction and biography by Cynthia Wachtell, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961.
- Military nursing--United States--History--20th century.
- Military nursing.
- Nurses--United States--Biography.
- Nurses.
- Soldiers--France--History--20th century.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1914-1918--Casualties.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals.
- World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--Western Front.
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Not only did La Motte boldly breach decorum in writing The Backwash of War, but she forcefully challenged societal norms in other equally remarkable ways, as a debutante turned Johns Hopkins-trained nurse, pathbreaking public health advocate and administrator, suffragette, journalist, writer, lesbian, and self-proclaimed anarchist.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Biography
- Chronology
- The Backwash of War: The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse
- Introduction to 1916 Edition
- Introduction to 1934 Edition
- Heroes
- La Patrie Reconnaissante
- The Hole in the Hedge
- Alone
- A Belgian Civilian
- The Interval
- Women and Wives
- Pour la Patrie
- Locomotor Ataxia
- A Surgical Triumph
- At the Telephone
- A Citation
- An Incident
- Esmeralda
- War Essays by Ellen N. La Motte
- An American Nurse in Paris
- Under Shell-Fire at Dunkirk
- A Joy Ride
- Significant Publications by Ellen N. La Motte
- Notes
- Index
- Illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-2672-2
- OCLC:
- 1104666946
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