Winter 2014 IT’S ABOUT TIME… THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PORT HOPE ARCHIVES INSIDE THIS ISSUE WWI Nursing Sisters ........... 1 Nursing Sisters con’t ............ 2 Upcoming Events ................. 2 Archivist’s Message .............. 3 Notes from the Chair ............ 3 From the Photo Database .... 4 Job Shadow at the PHA ....... 4 PORT HOPE ARCHIVES 17 Mill Street North Port Hope, ON L1A 2T1 porthopearchives.com [email protected]905-885-1673 HOURS Tue-Fri 1-5pm 1st Sat 9am-1pm (Oct-May) Other times by appointment MANDATE: The Port Hope Archives exists to collect and preserve archi- val materials which illustrate the growth and development of the Municipality of Port Hope or which pertain in whole or in part to activities within the geographic boundaries of the Municipal- ity of Port Hope. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Pam Robinson, Chair Marielle Lambert, Vice-Chair Peter Hunt, Treasurer Dave Doherty, Secretary Barbara Coleman Evelyn Conn David Elliott Marie Jones The Port Hope Archives is a registered charity. #83789 8675 RR0001 PHA is supported by: Municipality of Port Hope www.porthope.ca NURSING SISTERS: OUR FORGOTTEN HEROES Florence Nightingale is often credited as the founder of the modern nurs- ing movement. Her service, tending to wounded soldiers during the Cri- mean War (1854-1856), served as a bench-mark for military nursing practice well into the 20th century. Military nurses during World War I were referred to as "Nursing Sisters," because of early affiliations to religious orders. Nurses were given the rank of lieutenant and placed in the Canadian Army Medical Corps. In September of 1914, a contingent of 105 nursing sisters was sent to Europe; a number which ballooned to more than 3000 by 1918. Despite being trained before deployment, many nursing sisters were un- prepared for the grotesque injuries that came with modern warfare. Nurses treated shrapnel wounds, mustard gas inhalation, and countless other ailments that had never been seen before on the battlefield. As a result, the "sisters" were often referred to as "angels," or "bluebirds," af- ter the blue and white uniforms and their caring demeanors. Serving in 30 military hospitals spread across European battlefields, Ca- nadian nursing sisters assisted male doctors and other practitioners in France, Belgium, Greece, Malta and the Eastern Mediterranean. Port Hope Military Hospital Tent, c1915 (PHA #2000-9-1-735)
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Winter 2014
IT’S ABOUT TIME… THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PORT HOPE ARCHIVES