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"Le temps des cerises": The Ambulance Women in the Paris Commune |
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Published in | The bulletin of the UK Association for the History of Nursing. 2014, vol. 3, p. 44-56 | |
Abstract | Although the women of the Paris Commune have frequently been depicted as ferocious fighters, setting fire to the streets of the capital, becoming well known as the pétroleuses; they also played a role in assisting the injured soldiers of the National Guard. Taking this two-month period in French political history as starting point, I will attempt to examine the contribution carried out by this group of women to medical assistance, following the call made by the feminine organization known as l'Union des femmes pour la défense de Paris et les soins aux blessés (The Women's Union for the Defense of Paris and the Treatment of the Injured), on the 11th of April 1871. | |
Keywords | Social history of medicine — History of nursing — Paris Commune — Ambulance women. | |
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Research group | Histoire socio-culturelle de la médecine et des savoirs de santé (310) | |
Citation (ISO format) | MARTIN MORUNO, Dolorès. "Le temps des cerises": The Ambulance Women in the Paris Commune. In: The bulletin of the UK Association for the History of Nursing, 2014, vol. 3, p. 44-56. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:43776 |