Nightingales, Bluebirds and Angels of Mercy - Baker, Elise
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The World Wars of the 20th century caused massive upheavals all over the world. Millions of men from every corner of the globe enlisted in the armed forces to fight, while women took the places of men in the workforce at home. Eighty years later, we still see photographs of Rosie the Riveter and women welding bombers for the Air Force. What history often overlooks, however, are the extraordinary true-life stories of the brave women from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand who enlisted in the Allied forces in their thousands to serve as nurses behind the front lines, at great danger…mehr

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The World Wars of the 20th century caused massive upheavals all over the world. Millions of men from every corner of the globe enlisted in the armed forces to fight, while women took the places of men in the workforce at home. Eighty years later, we still see photographs of Rosie the Riveter and women welding bombers for the Air Force. What history often overlooks, however, are the extraordinary true-life stories of the brave women from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand who enlisted in the Allied forces in their thousands to serve as nurses behind the front lines, at great danger to themselves. And while men shot to kill in the North African, European, and the Pacific theaters of war, nurses served right behind them, armed with tools of healing rather than warfare. It's hard to imagine today what life was like during the greatest conflict in recent history, but these untold true stories of women heroes of WWII paint a vivid picture of life as a military nurse-from makeshift field hospitals in France to bombed-out station hospitals in Belgium to journeys fraught with danger on ambulance trains, air ambulances, and hospital ships. Inside Nightingales, Bluebirds & Angels of Mercy: True Stories of the Courage and Heroism of Nurses on the Front Line in WWII, you'll learn the true stories of nurses in the Second World War, including ¿ what it was like for a woman to join the armed services as a nurse and travel across the world to do her duty, ¿ the challenges and dangers the Allied nurses faced on the front lines, as well as the camaraderie and wartime romances they experienced, ¿ how these women confronted changing social norms around gender and race, ¿ true stories of survival at the hands of enemy forces in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps, and more. The stories of these brave women are an inspiring record of duty and selflessness. If you haven't yet met heroes such as Vivian Bullwinkel and Margot Turner, you'll definitely want to pick up Nightingales, Bluebirds & Angels of Mercy: True Stories of the Courage and Heroism of Nurses on the Front Line in WWII today!
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Elise Baker has a lifelong interest in women's history and feminism. She holds an Honors degree and a Postgraduate Diploma that led to a career as a librarian, archivist, and eventually an editor for television. She loves traveling to different countries and experiencing diverse cultures. When she's not reading or writing, she enjoys walking with her dog along the beach and seeing plays at the theater with family and friends.Elise's maternal family, from the borderlands of the Czech Republic, became refugees with no country to belong to after the Second World War and dispersed all over the world. She grew up listening to her grandmother's recollections of this time and believes that understanding and learning from the bravery of ordinary women is essential in shaping the future.Her passion is excavating the past to unearth the stories of women whose remarkable feats and accomplishments have been buried and forgotten because of their gender. Her sincere hope is that they can fuel and inspire women of today to face adversity and discrimination with courage. She enjoys bringing to light stories that celebrate history beyond the usual narratives.In learning about the achievements of these remarkable women, we address the serious shortage of women in documented history. There are countless women leaders whose contributions have been forgotten. Often, they put their lives on the line, knowing that their efforts would likely go unrecognized. Their stories offer a more balanced perspective on history. May they serve as inspiration to women to continue to make a difference and occupy important spaces.To see more books in the Brave Women in History and the Brave Women Who Changed the Course of WWII series, please visit: www.ReadEliseBaker.com