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On September 3, 1939, the Prime Minister declared that Britain was at war with Germany. Thousands of young women, many of them barely out of school, were sent headlong into grueling training regimes that would see them become wartime nurses. Sisters features over 150 previously unpublished interviews from the archives of the Royal College of Nursing. From the bombed-out wards of the Blitz to the harsh conditions of army field hospitals, and from the nurses' pioneering work in the treatment of burns to the challenges of delivering a baby in a blackout, these courageous individuals relate with candour, wit and compassion their memories of the war. The members of this sisterhood found reserves of inner strength and made friendships that carried them through episodes of unrelieved horror. For many, wartime nursing was a life-changing experience and, in telling their vivid, poignant and riveting stories, Sisters captures their pride, grief, and joy. It is a fitting tribute to their spirit and bravery.
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Dr. Barbara Mortimer is an expert on the history historian of nursing. Over the years she has held various clinical nursing posts and has worked as a nurse teacher and a lecturer in nursing. Dr. Mortimer has planned and taught courses in the history of nursing at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Strathclyde, and Glasgow Caledonian Universities. In 2000 she was one of the founders of the UK Centre for the History of Nursing. Since retiring in 2004, she has worked as a research assistant at the Royal College of Nursing Archives.
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BARBARA MORTIMER is an expert on the history of nursing. Over the years she has held various clinical posts and has worked as a nurse teacher and lecturer in nursing. Mortimer has planned and taught courses in History of Nursing at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, and founded the Post Graduate Diploma in History of Nursing there. Since retiring in 2004, she has worked as a Research Assistant at the RCN Archives between 2006 and 2007 on the History of the RCN project (published 2009) and is currently teaching a course on the History of Nursing to post-graduate students at the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian. Mortimer is also a guest lecturer on the taught Msc in Medical History at the University of Glasgow. She lives in Edinburgh.
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- PublisherArrow
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0099547740
- ISBN 13 9780099547747
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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