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In 1914, she harbored allied soldiers from behind the Germans lines. Story By Peter Clowes for
Military History magazine.
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/prm/bledithcavell1.htm
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Edith Cavell
A British nurse executed during the First World War. A statue in St. Martin's Place, just off
London's Trafalgar Square, bears the words, 'Humanity, Fortitude, Devotion, Sacrifice'--fitting
tributes to the life she led. Authored by Abraham Unger, M.D.
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/prm/bledith_cavell1.htm
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Military Nurses of Canada
A profile of The Lady Nelson - a Canadian hospital ship. An excerpt from Volume II of the Military
Nurses of Canada. Ruth (Littlejohn) McIlrath's recollections of the army nurses who had staffed
this ship during the war.
http://www.addison.ca/military_nurses/
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Profile - Jane Delano: Innovator in Nursing
A pioneer in the American Red Cross Nursing Service.
http://www.redcross.org/museum/registry/profile.asp?id=745
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Mother of the Union Army
The story of Mary Ann Bickerdyke, who delivered supplies from her church to a medical camp in
Illinois, and stayed to nurse the sick and wounded for four years and nineteen battles.
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/mother_of_the_union_armythe_stor.htm
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Mary Eliza Mahoney
A profile of the first African-American professional nurse.
http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/Inductees/Mahoney.htm
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Louisa Maertz
Profile: Louisa Maertz, 1837-1918, an untrained United States Civil War nurse.
http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/bh/htm2/bhHTM003.cfm
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Aunt Lizzie Aiken from Peoria
Excerpt of a memorial book written in 1906 describing Mrs. Aiken services to the soldiers at
Shawneetown in 1861.
http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/pe/htm1/aiken.cfm
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Edith Cavell: A Norfolk Heroine
Profile of British nurse Edith Cavell who worked in Belgium in World War I. She was arrested for
helping allied soldiers to freedom and executed by the German authorities.
http://www.edithcavell.org.uk/
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Leaders of the American Red Cross
Profiles of founder Clara Barton and subsequent leaders of the organization.
http://www.redcross.org/museum/vmuseum/leaderbios.html
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Adah Belle Samuel Thoms
A crusader for equal opportunities for blacks in nursing. She was one of the first to recognize a
new field for nursing, public health.
http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/thomab.htm
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Florence Guinness Blake
Inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame in 1996. A distinguished pediatric nurse who strove to advance
education in pediatric nursing.
http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/blakfg.htm
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Spotlight - Jo Anne Ashley
A nurse, author and educator. She was a staunch advocate of the role of nursing in the health
field, power in nursing and the historic perspective of nursing.
http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history/spotlight.htm
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Profile - Sophie Mannerheim
A famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. A Finnish stamp was dedicated to her.
http://home.c2i.net/amd/finwomen/mannerheim.htm
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Sally Louisa Tompkins
Opened one of the most successful hospitals during the civil war, returning more of its patients to
the ranks than any other medical care facility. She was the only woman to hold a commission in the
Confederate States Army.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/tompkinsbio.htm
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Hall of Fame Inductee: Clara Louise Maass
From the American Nurses Association: Profile of one of the nation's most courageous nurses, Clara
Louise Maass lost her life during scientific studies to determine the cause of yellow fever.
http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/maascl.htm
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Profiles in Caring: Lillian D.Wald
Biography of the founder of the Henry Street Settlement, the forerunner of the Visiting Nurse
Society of New York.
http://www.nahc.org/NAHC/Val/Columns/SC10-4.html
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Linda Richards
Considered America's first trained nurse. A "Women of Courage" profile.
http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/richards.htm
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