Women to the front : the extraordinary Australian women doctors of the great war
Sheard, Heather2019
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Total copies: 1
At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager to contribute their skills and expertise to the war effort. For the military establishment, however, the notion of women doctors serving on the battlefield was unthinkable. Undaunted, at least twenty-four Australian women doctors ignored official military policy and headed to the frontlines. This book explores the stories of the Australian women who served as surgeons, pathologists, anaesthetists and medical officers between 1914 and 1919.
Main title:
Women to the front : the extraordinary Australian women doctors of the great war / Heather Sheard and Ruth Lee.
Author:
Sheard, Heather, authorLee, Ruth, author
Imprint:
North Sydney, NSW : Ebury Press, 2019.©2019.
Collation:
xiii, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780143794707 (paperback)
Dewey class:
355.3450994355.345
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
617769