Women to the Front by Heather Sheard, Ruth Lee
English | April 2nd, 2019 | ISBN: 0143794701 | 320 pages | EPUB | 6.73 MB
At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager to contribute their skills and expertise to the war effort. For the military establishment, however, the notion of women doctors serving on the battlefield was unthinkable. Undaunted, at least twenty-four Australian women doctors ignored official military policy and headed to the frontlines.