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Margaret Macdonald: Imperial Daughter
by Mann, Susan
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0773529993
- ISBN 13
- 9780773529991
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal: McGill Queens Univ Press, 2005 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. "During an era of separate spheres for men and women, Margaret Macdonald used her nurse's training to gain access to the military and a life of work, travel, and adventure. In 1906, she was one of the first two nurses to receive a permanent appointment to the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She became matron-in-chief of Canada's overseas nursing service during World War I with the rank of major - the first such appointment for a woman in the British Empire. Macdonald also served as a nurse in the military during the Spanish-American and Boer Wars and in Panama during the construction of the canal. Margaret Macdonald traces the life and work of this extraordinary woman from rural Nova Scotia whose sense of duty and ambition found an outlet in the imperialism of Great Britain and the U.S. Susan Mann weaves the threads of character, ideology, and opportunity into a vivid portrait of Macdonald and her impact on the professionalization of military medical swervices 286p. illus bibliography. index. maps on endpapers.[ Laid in is an invitation card to the book launch and also a copy of the Order of Service of a Memorial Ceremony for Margaret Macdonald held in Bailey's Broo,k16 October 2005.
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044749
- Title
- Margaret Macdonald: Imperial Daughter
- Author
- Mann, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0773529993
- ISBN 13
- 9780773529991
- Publisher
- McGill Queens Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- NOVA SCOTIA SCOTS IN CANADA NURSES NURSING BIOGRAPHY MARGAET MACDONALD CANADIAN WOMEN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; World War I; Canada - History;
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