This small army of women : Canadian volunteer nurses and the First World War / Linda J. Quiney.
"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 2,000 women from Canada and Newfoundland who volunteered to “do their bit” overseas and at home. Well-educated and middle-class but largely untrained, VADs were excluded from Canadian military hospitals overseas (the realm of the professional nurse) but helped solve Britain’s nursing deficit. Their struggle to secure a place at their brothers’ bedsides reveals much about the tensions surrounding amateur and professional nurses and women’s evolving role outside the home." Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780774830713 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0774830719
- Physical Description: xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver ; UBC Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic format. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | D 629 C2 Q56 2017 (Text) | 26040003208556 | Main Collection | Volume hold | On Display | - |