Australian Nurse's Role In The Great War

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The official correspondent and creator of the Australian War Memorial, Charles Bean is substantially responsible for the present perspective that Australians have of the Great War. However, by focussing on the Australian army nurse experiences, this conventional perspective of The Great War expands. They demonstrate that females endured chauvinistic constraints and agonising impacts while they succoured the injured soldiers. During The Great War, Australian army nurses were thought as inferior to military men so were largely marginalised and mistreated. "The female nurse did little towards the actual saving of life in the war although they may have prompted a more rapid recovery." accused the Director of Medical Services. Consequently, Australian

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