Bibliograph

Heroines of Mercy Street, the real nurses of the Civil War, Pamela D. Toler, PhD. ; foreword by Ridley Scott

Type

Label

Heroines of Mercy Street, the real nurses of the Civil War, Pamela D. Toler, PhD. ; foreword by Ridley Scott

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-274) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Heroines of Mercy Street

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

923649614

Responsibility statement

Pamela D. Toler, PhD. ; foreword by Ridley Scott

Sub title

the real nurses of the Civil War

Summary

A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street and their Civil War struggles. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at the Mansion House of Alexandria, Virginia, a mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the new 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.

Table Of Contents

Dorothea Dix goes to war -- The army is unprepared -- Volunteers -- Nurses on the hospital transport ships -- Arriving at Mansion House Hospital -- Learning by experience -- Becoming indispensable -- Leaving Mansion house Hospital -- Reporting back to duty -- After the war -- Afterword: a different viewpoint

Target audience

adult

Classification