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This small army of women : Canadian volunteer nurses and the First World War /
"With her linen head scarf and white apron emblazoned with a red cross, the Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, or VAD, has become a romantic emblem of the Great War. This book tells the story of the nearly two thousand women from Canada and Newfoundland who volunteered to "do their bit"...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Vancouver ; Toronto :
UBC Press,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- This ardent band of ladies : birth of the Canadian VAD movement
- Enthusiastic and anxious : mobilizing the voluntary nursing service
- Every woman is a nurse : framing the image of the VAD
- No time for sentiment : making a useful contribution
- Saying goodbye : forgetting, remembering, and moving on.