Margaret MacDonald: Imperial Daughter Volume 2

by Susan Mann and Susan G. Mann

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773538003
• ISBN13: 9780773538009
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.9"