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Presented by Dr Madonna Grehan

While the exact numbers are unclear, it\u2019s estimated that around 5000 nurses served in the military during the Second World War in a range of locations throughout the world. In this International Women\u2019s Day Address for the Shrine of Remembrance, Madonna Grehan considers the state of nursing in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Drawing on biographies of Second World War nurses, Dr Grehan will discuss how nurses\u2019 work, and their profession, had changed dramatically since the First World War.\xa0

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