My story of the war
Relief Work
Hospitals, charities
Civilian relief
History of Nursing
Military Nursing
War work
United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives
Female Participation
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American Civil War
Nurses
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United States Civil War, 1861-1865
War
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Personal narratives
Women
Nonfiction
Biography
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When secessionist chaos turned to bloodshed in 1861, Mary A. Livermore (1820-1905), editor, lecturer, and abolitionist, left her family and volunteered for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, becoming one of a handful of women to achieve national prominence and a position of leadership within the Commissi…
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