Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War
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- ISBN: 0316392065
- ISBN: 9780316392068
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ix, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm - Publisher: New York : Back Bay Books, Little Brown and Company 2017.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Dorothea Dix goes to war -- The army is unprepared -- Volunteers -- Nurses on the hospital transport ships -- Arriving at Mansion House Hospital -- Learning by experience -- Becoming indispensable -- Leaving Mansion House Hospital -- Reporting back to duty -- After the war -- Afterword : a different viewpoint. |
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Subject: | Dix, Dorothea Lynde 1802-1887 Olnhausen, Mary Phinney von 1818-1902 Reading, Anne 1823- Nurses United States Biography United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 621 .T65 2017 | 30775305517014 | General Collection | Available | - |
Heroines of Mercy Street : The Real Nurses of the Civil War
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Heroines of Mercy Street : The Real Nurses of the Civil War
A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street . Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy Street . Among the Union soldiers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, freed slaves, politicians, speculators, and spies who passed through the hospital in the crossroads of the Civil War, were nurses who gave their time freely and willingly to save lives and aid the wounded. These women saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before, and medicine was at a turning point. Heroines of Mercy Street follows the lives of women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, Anne Reading, and more before, during, and after their epic struggle in Alexandria and reveals their personal contributions to this astounding period in the advancement of medicine.