Monday, 16 September 2013

The 'Sacred Twenty': The first women to formally serve as members of U.S. Navy
Ready for duty: The nurses of World War One overcame insurmountable odds, endured gender-based prejudice, and helped a flood of wounded soldiers under enemy fire
The Sacred Twenty: In May 1908 Congress authorized the establishment of a female Nurse Corps within the United States Navy after several years' advocacy by the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260672/The-greatest-nurses-First-World-War-Inspirational-women-overcame-fear-prejudice-save-thousands-lives.html#ixzz2f3XYzPEG
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