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The Country Nurse Remembers: True Stories of a Troubled Childhood, War, and Becoming a Nurse
My mother, whose name was Phyllis, and Mildred were part of the same group. They all had good times tillsammans and eventually Daddy and Mummy married. At the time of my mother’s death, Mildred was one of the very few women from that group not already married. And she was 29. In the days of the ‘30s and 40s, almost every woman wanted to marry, have a home and perhaps a family, and if she reached 30 without doing so she was often considered to be ‘on the shelf’.
Spinsterhood was something to be pitied in those days. Aunt Lizzy, for instance, was always ‘Poor Lizzy’. So Mildred was probably delighted when my father started to take notice of her. Did she pause to think, here is a widower with a child and I am about the only woman that he knows who is not already married? Did she wonder if he really only wanted a mother for his child and a housekeeper for himself and his
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Mary McLeod Bethune
American educator and civil rights leader (1875–1955)
For other people named Mary Bethune, see Mary Bethune (disambiguation).
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| Born | Mary Jane McLeod (1875-07-10)July 10, 1875 Mayesville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | May 18, 1955(1955-05-18) (aged 79) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
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| Spouse | Albertus Bethune (m. 1898; sep. 1907) |
| Children | 1 |
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (née McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955[1]) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and presided over myriad African-American women's organizations including the National Association
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Description for More Tales From The Island NursePaperback. Filled with stories of the troubles, joys, drama and comedies endured by Macleod's patients and family alike, this makes a charming and humorous account of community life on a small island in a bygone era. Series: Island Nurse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
The much awaited second helping of Mary J. MacLeod's tales of `Papavray' in the 1970s and her experiences as the island's district nurse, culminating in her move to a very different new life in California. Mary J.'s anecdotes of life on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides brim with charm, humour and common sense. She shares heartwarming and amusing tales of crofters and ceilidhs, pesky cows and stubborn drivers, treacherous bogs and a suspected haunting, but also th