Book - Illustrated Book, Ruth Rae 1957, Veiled Lives: threading Australian nursing history into the fabric of the First World War, 2015

Physical description

illustrated book with white front and back covers and red spine. The front cover has a red, black and white photograph of a group of nurses: group portrait if the matron and nursing staff of the 1st AGH with Matron Nellie Miles-Walker (centre front). Title and author's name are printed in red below this photo. Abbreviated title and author's name printed in white on the spine. Back cover has abbreviated title printed in red and a summary of the book printed in black

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At lower right of the title page is a printed blue and red donation sticker AHNL badge under whish is printed "This book was donated to AHNL Inc-Nursing Archives by" Dorothy Owens March 2020 (handwritten in black ink) Previous catalogue number is handwritten in black ink at top right of title page

Summary

In this book the author considers the family and social lives, civilian nurse training, military nursing experiences and premature deaths of qualified Australian nurse who endured the horrors of the 1914-1918 War. Veiled Lives also uncovers the impact of their absence on the nurses' families, friends, colleagues, communities and their profession

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