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 ar/Detail.aspx?si=12124\n\n"Heroines of Mercy Street\," a new book by his
 torian Pamela Toler\, tells the true stories of some of the remarkable wo
 men who worked as nurses at the Mansion House Hospital\, Alexandria's lar
 gest during the Civil War.  Most of these women had little or no experien
 ce with nursing\, but they wanted to serve their country and do something
  to help ease the enormous suffering from disease and battlefield wounds 
 during the conflict.  They often taught themselves nursing under adverse 
 circumstances\, including active hostility from the surgeons they worked 
 with\, and helped to create a profession that did not exist before the wa
 r.\n \n"Heroines of Mercy Street" is a companion history to the new PBS d
 rama "Mercy Street\," which airs at 10 PM beginning on January 17th.  The
  book will not be available to the public until February 16\, 2016\, but 
 The Lyceum and other Historic Alexandria museum stores will have it on th
 e shelves after that date.  While you're here\, you can also view the new
  exhibition "The Real Mercy Street: Alexandria's Nurses & Hospitals Durin
 g the Civil War" on view by The Lyceum Museum Store\, and find many other
  books related to the war and nurses of the period.\n \nPamela D. Toler i
 s the author of The Everything Guide to Socialism\, Mankind: The Story of
  All of Usand most recently\, Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses o
 f the Civil War. Toler grew up in Springfield\, Missouri\, where she part
 icipated in living history programs at Wilson's Creek National Battlefiel
 d\, learned to shoot a muzzle-loading rifle\, and read and re-read the bi
 ographies of women like Clara Barton\, Julia Ward Howe\, and Harriet Beec
 her Stowe. Her life as a history buff took an abrupt turn when she fell i
 n love with Rudyard Kipling's Kim. It was the first step on the path to a
  PhD in South Asia history and a lifelong fascination with the times and 
 places where two cultures meet and change each other.\n \nThese days she 
 focuses on historical figures that step outside the constraints of their 
 time . With Heroines of Mercy Street\, Toler has returned to her first hi
 storical love: the Civil War in general and its impact on women in partic
 ular.\n \nExplore the Sites and Stories that Inspired PBS' Mercy Street\n
 PBS' Mercy Street is inspired by real events in Civil War Alexandria\, Vi
 rginia. Explore the real historic sites and stories in Alexandria\, with 
 more than two dozen new tours\, exhibits and events featured atwww.Visita
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  Street\,? a new book by historian Pamela Toler\, tells the true stories 
 of some of the remarkable women who worked as nurses at the Mansion House
  Hospital\, Alexandria?s largest during the Civil War.  Most of these wom
 en had little or no experience with nursing\, but they wanted to serve th
 eir country and do something to help ease the enormous suffering from dis
 ease and battlefield wounds during the conflict.  They often taught thems
 elves nursing under adverse circumstances\, including active hostility fr
 om the surgeons they worked with\, and helped to create a profession that
  did not exist before the war.\n<br /> \n<br />?Heroines of Mercy Street?
  is a companion history to the new PBS drama ?Mercy Street\,? which airs 
 at 10 PM beginning on January 17th.  The book will not be available to th
 e public until February 16\, 2016\, but The Lyceum and other Historic Ale
 xandria museum stores will have it on the shelves after that date.  While
  you?re here\, you can also view the new exhibition ?The Real Mercy Stree
 t: Alexandria?s Nurses &amp\; Hospitals During the Civil War? on view by 
 The Lyceum Museum Store\, and find many other books related to the war an
 d nurses of the period.\n<br /> \n<br />Pamela D. Toler is the author of 
 The Everything Guide to Socialism\, Mankind: The Story of All of Usand mo
 st recently\, Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War.
  Toler grew up in Springfield\, Missouri\, where she participated in livi
 ng history programs at Wilson&#39\;s Creek National Battlefield\, learned
  to shoot a muzzle-loading rifle\, and read and re-read the biographies o
 f women like Clara Barton\, Julia Ward Howe\, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
 Her life as a history buff took an abrupt turn when she fell in love with
  Rudyard Kipling&#39\;s Kim. It was the first step on the path to a PhD i
 n South Asia history and a lifelong fascination with the times and places
  where two cultures meet and change each other.\n<br /> \n<br />These day
 s she focuses on historical figures that step outside the constraints of 
 their time . With Heroines of Mercy Street\, Toler has returned to her fi
 rst historical love: the Civil War in general and its impact on women in 
 particular.\n<br /> \n<br />Explore the Sites and Stories that Inspired P
 BS? Mercy Street\n<br />PBS? Mercy Street is inspired by real events in C
 ivil War Alexandria\, Virginia. Explore the real historic sites and stori
 es in Alexandria\, with more than two dozen new tours\, exhibits and even
 ts featured atwww.VisitalexandriaVA.com/MercyStreet.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
  />\n<br />Location: Lyceum\n<br />Contact Person: Jim Mackay\n<br />Cont
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