Women to the front : the extraordinary Australian women doctors of the great war / Heather Sheard an...
Women to the front : the extraordinary Australian women doctors of the great war / Heather Sheard an...
Women to the front : the extraordinary Australian women doctors of the great war / Heather Sheard and Ruth Lee.
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Publisher
North Sydney, NSW : Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd, 2019.
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H 2019/1126
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
North Sydney, NSW : Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd, 2019.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager to contribute their skills and expertise to the war effort. For the military establishment, however, the notion of women doctors serving on the battlefield was unthinkable. Undaunted, at least twenty-four Australian women do...
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Women to the front : the extraordinary Australian women doctors of the great war / Heather Sheard and Ruth Lee.
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Notes
General note
Biographical notes, pages 197-251.
Notes and references, pages 252-274.
Index, pages 290-305.
Bibliography: p. 275-287.
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©2019.
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H 2019/1126
Record Identifier
74VKVyB03p0d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVyB03p0d
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ISBN
9780143794707 paperback
DDC
355.3450994
MMS ID
991024236007502626
