Presents representative selections from the writings of World War I nurses Ellen N. La Motte and Mary Borden in which they describe their experiences in a field hospital on the Western Front, and discuss their feelings about saving the lives of men only to return them to battle. An anthology of reprinted war sketches from E.N. La Motte's "The backwash of war" and M. Borden's "The forbidden zone.".
year: 2001
call number/section: 940.4
subjects: la motte, ellen newbold, 1873-1961, borden, mary, world war, 1914-1918, personal narratives, american, medical care, western front, nurses, united states, biography, personal narratives