From Debutante to Drudgery

Nursing was one of the main ways that women could participate in the war effort, and many had romantic notions of sitting at the bedside of a wounded soldier, bringing him back to health. Women of all classes trained in various forms of nursing, but it was the aristocratic nurses who were often able to open their country houses as hospitals to provide care for wounded and convalescing soldiers. This talk will examine the relationship between the nurses, their patients and the vital role of the English stately home as a place of care during the First World War.

Suitable for
Any age


Website
www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/what-s-on/from-debutante-to-drudgery-nurses-and-stately-homes-in-the-first-world-war.html

Admission
£8.00.

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000021?id=EVENT469829