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Mann, Susan

Margaret Macdonald: Imperial Daughter

McGill Queens Univ Press, 2005

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Year of publication
2005
ISBN
0773529993
Place of printing
Montreal
Author
Mann, Susan
Publishers
McGill Queens Univ Press
Edition
First Edition.
Keyword
NOVA SCOTIA SCOTS IN CANADA NURSES NURSING BIOGRAPHY MARGAET, MACDONALD CANADIAN WOMEN
Cover description
As New
Binding description
H
Inscription description
Signed by Author(s)
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
Yes
First edition
Yes

Description

"During an era of separate spheres for men and women, Margaret Macdonald used her nurse's training to gain access to the military and a life of work, travel, and adventure. In 1906, she was one of the first two nurses to receive a permanent appointment to the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She became matron-in-chief of Canada's overseas nursing service during World War I with the rank of major - the first such appointment for a woman in the British Empire. Macdonald also served as a nurse in the military during the Spanish-American and Boer Wars and in Panama during the construction of the canal. Margaret Macdonald traces the life and work of this extraordinary woman from rural Nova Scotia whose sense of duty and ambition found an outlet in the imperialism of Great Britain and the U.S. Susan Mann weaves the threads of character, ideology, and opportunity into a vivid portrait of Macdonald and her impact on the professionalization of military medical swervices 286p. illus bibliography. index. maps on endpapers.[ Laid in is an invitation card to the book launch and also a copy of the Order of Service of a Memorial Ceremony for Margaret Macdonald held in Bailey's Broo,k16 October 2005