Heroines of Mercy Street

Heroines of Mercy Street

By Pamela D. Toler PhD
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“The author chronicles the lives of figures such as Georgeanna Woolsey, Hannah Ropes, Mary Phinney von Olnhausen, and Louisa May Alcott as they taught themselves how to deal with horrific conditions and injuries in hospitals, camps, and transport ships. These women worked long, difficult hours and often faced arrogant or chauvinistic physicians as well as dishonest hospital stewards…Accessible and well researched, Toler’s book coincides with the recent PBS series Mercy Street and successfully illustrates the beginnings of nursing as a designated field of medical practice.”

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A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street.

Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, freed slaves, politicians, speculators, and spies who passed through the hospital in the crossroads of the Civil War, were nurses who gave their time freely and willingly to save lives and aid the wounded. These women saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before, and medicine was at a turning point.

Heroines of Mercy Street follows the lives of women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, Anne Reading, and more before, during, and after their epic struggle in Alexandria and reveals their personal contributions to this astounding period in the advancement of medicine.

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  1. Nelle
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    Such Incredible Women

    I was reading other books about the Civil War when I found this one, which is well narrated by Suzanne Toren and very interesting. It doesn’t just retell what’s in the television series but gives the factual account of real-life nurses who served during the Civil War. It includes diary entries and quotes from letters written by them or about them, making it just so real and immediate. I came away with a much greater understanding of the horrendous conditions of the war and especially about how soldiers, doctors, and particularly the nurses deal with it. This is a very inspiring account and highly recommended.

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