| Women Doctors and Nurses of the Civil War Contributor(s): Favor Ph. D., Leslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1435832736 ISBN-13: 9781435832732 Publisher: Rosen Young Adult OUR PRICE: $13.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2004 Annotation: Women in the medical field provided comfort and sanity during the blood and horror on the battlefields. In this new book, students will learn about these extraordinary doctors and nurses such as Dorothea Dix, the Union armys Superintendent of Female Nurses; Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor of modern times; and Clara Barton, a nurse who later founded the American Red Cross. While lives were being lost on the front, these women helped save many. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Series: American Women at War |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.7" (0.40 lbs) 112 pages |