The Redoubtable Millicent

Millicent Sutherland had a strong social conscience, but her interest in improving conditions for factory workers made her an embarrassment to her class and gender, earning her the nickname ‘Meddlesome Millie’. Widowhood in 1913 gave the Duchess increased independence and as soon as war was declared, she departed to France to establish an ambulance unit under the French Red Cross. With a small team of nurses in the French countryside, she cared for wounded soldiers in a series of locations, beautifully depicted by Victor Tardieu in a series of paintings now on display at the Museum.

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Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000021?id=EVENT469825