They may have been angels of mercy. But they were also angels with attitude – real women, with real guts. This is the little-known story of the gritty and free-spirited women who, in 1914, put aside their fight for the vote to set up a hospital in an abandoned French abbey to treat the appalling injuries sustained on the Western Front. Uniquely in that theatre, the hospital was staffed entirely by women – doctors, surgeons, nurses, bateriologists, radiographers, orderlies and ambulance drivers. In the face of opposition from the military and medical establishments, and in the teeth of many hardships, they succeeded in establishing one of the most effective and longest-serving frontline military hospitals of the First World War.
| ISBN: | 9780857906168 |
| Publication date: | 4th July 2013 |
| Author: | Crofton, Eileen |
| Publisher: | Birlinn |
| Format: | Ebook |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
First World War European history Nursing |
They may have been angels of mercy. But they were also angels with attitude – real women, with real guts. This is the little-known story of the gritty and free-spirited women who, in 1914, put aside their fight for the vote to set up a hospital in an abandoned French abbey to treat the appalling injuries sustained on the Western Front. Uniquely in that theatre, the hospital was staffed entirely by women – doctors, surgeons, nurses, bateriologists, radiographers, orderlies and ambulance drivers. In the face of opposition from the military and medical establishments, and in the teeth of many hardships, they succeeded in establishing one of the most effective and longest-serving frontline military hospitals of the First World War.
Angels of Mercy features in the following genres: First World War, European history, Nursing
Angels of Mercy is available in Ebook
Angels of Mercy was written by Crofton, Eileen and published by Birlinn
Angels of Mercy has 320 pages
£7.99