The War Diary of Clare Gass
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The War Diary of Clare Gass
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| Abstract |
The Nova Scotia-born Clare Gass (1887-1968) moved to Montreal to train as a nurse at the Montreal General Hospital School of Nursing from 1909 to 1912. Taking up private nursing practice in Montreal for three years, she left for Europe in May of 1915 as a Lieutenant nursing sister with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill). Gass' diary records the sights and sounds and smells of war, from the beginning of her military training in 1915 to her return from Europe in 1918. According to the book's description, "the diary reveals a woman who took it for granted that she should do everything possible to aid the war effort and details her care of the sick and wounded at No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill), forty miles behind the trenches, as well as at No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, where she was within range of the shells." Following her demobilization, Gass returned to Montreal where she left nursing to pursue social work. She worked in the Social Service Department of the Montreal General Hospital for twenty-eight years before returning to Nova Scotia.
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Montreal and Kingston
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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2000
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| # of Pages |
xlvii-306p.
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| Language |
en
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| ISBN |
978-0-7735-2838-3
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| Citation |
Mann, Susan, ed. The War Diary of Clare Gass. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2000.
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