Meet Ellen N. La Motte

Writer Ellen N. La Motte (1873–1961) graduated from the Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1902. During World War I, La Motte volunteered to nurse in Paris and then served in a field hospital at the Belgian front. She was the author of numerous books, including The Tuberculosis Nurse, Peking Dust, and The Opium Monopoly.

Published Works

The Backwash of War
An Extraordinary American Nurse in World War I

Ellen N. La Motte
edited with an introduction and biography by Cynthia Wachtell

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