Research Catalog

Title

Veiled warriors : allied nurses of the First World War / Christine E. Hallett.

Author

Hallett, Christine E.

Publication

Oxford, [England] Oxford University Press 2014.

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Details

Description

xxii, 359 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

Caring for the wounded of the First World War was tough and challenging work, demanding extensive knowledge, technical skill, and high levels of commitment. Although allied nurses were admired in their own time for their altruism and courage, their image was distorted by the lens of popular mythology. They came to be seen as self-sacrificing heroines, romantic foils to the male combatant and doctors' handmaidens, rather than being appreciated as trained professionals performing significant work in their own right. Christine Hallett challenges these myths to reveal the true story of allied nursing in the First World War - one which is both more complex and more absorbing. Drawing upon evidence from archives across the world, this book offers a compelling account of nurses' wartime experiences and a clear appraisal of their work and its contribution to the allied cause between 1914 and 1918, on both the Western and the Eastern Fronts. Nurses believed they were involved in a multi-layered battle. Primarily, they were fighting for the lives of their patients on the 'second battlefield' of casualty clearing stations, transports, and military hospitals. Beyond this, they were an integral component of the allied military machine, putting their own lives at risk in field hospitals close to the front lines, on board hospital ships vulnerable to enemy submarine attack, and in base hospitals subject to heavy bombardment.

Subject

• World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care
• Military nursing > History > 20th century
• Nurses > History > 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Female
• Military Nursing > history
• World War I

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- A call to action: August-December 1914 -- A nursing service on the Western front: 1915 -- Nursing on the Russian and Serbian fronts: 1914-1916 -- The Eastern Mediterranean and beyond: April 1915-December 1917 -- New challenges on the Western front: 1916 -- War of attrition on all fronts: August 1916-March 1918 -- Final push: March-November 1918.

Call Number

JFD 15-651

ISBN

• 9780198703693
• 0198703694

OCLC

887687741

Author

Hallett, Christine E., author.

Title

Veiled warriors : allied nurses of the First World War / Christine E. Hallett.

Publisher

Oxford, [England] Oxford University Press 2014.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 15-651