Record Number: 21861
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Only a short time ago, sitting in the elegant offices of the British Red Cross Society in Grosvenor Crescent, I read in the official "Report by the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John" the following words - a little pompous, perhaps, like the report itself, but doubtless written with the laudable intention of reassuring the anxious nursing profession: "The V.A.D. members were not ... trained nurses; nor were they entrusted with trained nurses' work except on occasions when the emergency was so great that no other course was open."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1914 and 31 Dec 1933
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: British Red Cross Society, Grosvenor Crescent
location in dwelling: offices
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Dec 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Report by the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John
Genre:official report
Form of Text:Print: official report
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:21861
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:410
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 410, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21861, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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