Dame Maude McCarthy

A Blue Plaque has been unveiled for the most senior nurse on the Western Front during WW1

21 July 2014

9 minutes

This clip is from

Woman's Hour—Jackie Kay, Drug Mules, Dame Maud McCarthy, Gender Pay Gap

WW1: Women and the War—Woman's Hour
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