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== Cornelia Hancock, Union Nurse, 1863 == | == Cornelia Hancock, Union Nurse, 1863 == | ||
| + | I was struck by Cornelia Hancock’s accounts. I was surprised that there were so few women working as nurses, I wonder how Cornelia came to be a nurse in this area? She came across as a very strong woman: “I don not mind the sight of blood, have seen limbs taken off and was not sick at all.” Though she cries when the soldiers ask her to write their wives, I guess that’s something that she can relate to more. -- Emma | ||
== Caroline Kirkland, 1863, defends Northern women’s support of Northern men == | == Caroline Kirkland, 1863, defends Northern women’s support of Northern men == | ||
