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Louisa Maertz
Profile: Louisa Maertz, 1837-1918, an untrained United States Civil War nurse.
http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/bh/...
Adah Belle Samuel Thoms
A crusader for equal opportunities for blacks in nursing. She was one of the first to recognize a new field for nursing, public health.
http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/thomab.htm
Leaders of the American Red Cross
Profiles of founder Clara Barton and subsequent leaders of the organization.
http://www.redcross.org/museum/vmuseum/leaderbios.html
Sally Louisa Tompkins
Opened one of the most successful hospitals during the civil war, returning more of its patients to the ranks than any other medical care facility. She was the only woman to hold a commission in the Confederate States Army.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/tompkinsbio.htm
Edith Cavell: A Norfolk Heroine
Profile of British nurse Edith Cavell who worked in Belgium in World War I. She was arrested for helping allied soldiers to freedom and executed by the German authorities.
http://www.edithcavell.org.uk/
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