Heroines of Mercy Street: the real nurses of the Civil War
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A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, freed slaves, politicians, speculators, and spies who passed through the hospital in the crossroads of the Civil War, were nurses who gave their time freely and willingly to save lives and aid the wounded. These women saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before, and medicine was at a turning point. Heroines of Mercy Street follows the lives of women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, Anne Reading, and more before, during, and after their epic struggle in Alexandria and reveals their personal contributions to this astounding period in the advancement of medicine.
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Subjects
Alexandria (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
Biography & Autobiography
History
Hospitals
Medical care
Military hospitals
Military hospitals -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History -- 19th century
Military nursing
Military nursing -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History -- 19th century
Nonfiction
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
Women
Women's Studies
Biography & Autobiography
History
Hospitals
Medical care
Military hospitals
Military hospitals -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History -- 19th century
Military nursing
Military nursing -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History -- 19th century
Nonfiction
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
Women
Women's Studies
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9780316392044
9780316392044
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