BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:"Heroines of Mercy Street\," a new book by historian Pamela Tol er\, tells the true stories of some of the remarkable women who worked as nurses at the Mansion House Hospital\, Alexandria's largest during the Civ il War. METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//alexandriava.gov//Web Calendar 1.0//EN SUMMARY:Heroines of Mercy Street Lecture on Feb 4\, 2016 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Heroines of Mercy Street Lecture on Feb 4\, 2016 X-WR-CALNAME:Heroines of Mercy Street Lecture on Feb 4\, 2016 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lyceum,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria,Old Town DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=12124\n\n"Heroines of Mercy Str eet\," a new book by historian Pamela Toler\, tells the true stories of so me of the remarkable women who worked as nurses at the Mansion House Hospi tal\, Alexandria's largest during the Civil War. Most of these women had little or no experience with nursing\, but they wanted to serve their coun try and do something to help ease the enormous suffering from disease and battlefield wounds during the conflict. They often taught themselves nurs ing under adverse circumstances\, including active hostility from the surg eons they worked with\, and helped to create a profession that did not exi st before the war.\n \n"Heroines of Mercy Street" is a companion history t o the new PBS drama "Mercy Street\," which airs at 10 PM beginning on Janu ary 17th. The book will not be available to the public until February 16\ , 2016\, but The Lyceum and other Historic Alexandria museum stores will h ave it on the shelves after that date. While you're here\, you can also v iew the new exhibition "The Real Mercy Street: Alexandria's Nurses & Hospi tals During the Civil War" on view by The Lyceum Museum Store\, and find m any other books related to the war and nurses of the period.\n \nPamela D. Toler is the author of The Everything Guide to Socialism\, Mankind: The S tory of All of Usand most recently\, Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nu rses of the Civil War. Toler grew up in Springfield\, Missouri\, where she participated in living history programs at Wilson's Creek National Battle field\, learned to shoot a muzzle-loading rifle\, and read and re-read the biographies of women like Clara Barton\, Julia Ward Howe\, and Harriet Be echer Stowe. Her life as a history buff took an abrupt turn when she fell in 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 p laces where two cultures meet and change each other.\n \nThese days she fo cuses on historical figures that step outside the constraints of their tim e . With Heroines of Mercy Street\, Toler has returned to her first histor ical love: the Civil War in general and its impact on women in particular. \n \nExplore the Sites and Stories that Inspired PBS' Mercy Street\nPBS' M ercy Street is inspired by real events in Civil War Alexandria\, Virginia. Explore the real historic sites and stories in Alexandria\, with more tha n two dozen new tours\, exhibits and events featured atwww.Visitalexandria VA.com/MercyStreet.\n\n\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nContact Person: Jim Mackay\nC ontact Phone: 703.746.4994\nFees: $10\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Lyceum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this eve nt into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id= 1&si=12124\n\nWeb resources:\n\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\ n DTEND:20160205T020000Z DTSTAMP:20160107T145918Z DTSTART:20160205T000001Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Heroines of Mercy Street Lecture TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:c558dc87-92a6-4549-80bc-4c4123f7f5a5 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-COA-DTSTAMP:20160107T145918Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR