Books with title Nurse Around the World Alice Fitzgerald

Copyright 1964, hardcover with dustjacket, ex-library, book club edition, 191 pages includes index. SUBJECT: "Alice Fitzgerald shocked her wealthy family when she decided to become a nurse. In 1900, nursing was considered a degrading profession. A diligent student, she had a natural ability for healing and teaching. When WWII erupted, she served with the British Army in France. Later she set up hospitals in Europe helping with language and customs among the medical personnel and patients. She became chief nurse for the American Red Cross, fighting disease and starvation among Europe's homeless millions. She pioneered the Public Health Nursing in the U.S. and established nursing schools in the Far East." CONDITION: Library cardholder/checkout sheet and stamps/notations inside. Dustjacket is enclosed in mylar overlay taped to cover. Binding is secure.

Alice Fitzgerald, a glamorous young debutante, shocked her family when she decided to become a nurse. At the turn of the century nursing was considered a degrading profession, but Alice was drawn to it. She served as a nurse in the Sicily earthquake area and with the British Army on the front lines in France during World War I. Later she became Chief Nurse for the American Red Cross, fighting disease and starvation among Europe's homeless millions and organizing modern nursing schools in key cities. She pioneered the work of Public Health Nursing in the United States and then in the Philippines, and established nursing schools in the Far East.