Ettie: a Life of Ettie Rout

Jane Tolerton

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Language: English

Published by Penguin, 1992

0140172165 / 9780140172164

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She Was The 'guardian Angel Of The Anzacs', Accordiong To A French Veneriologist. To A Bishop She Wa Sthe 'wickedest Woman In Britain.' Soldiers Described Her As A Saint. Their Mothers Regarded Her As An 'agent Of The Devil.' Six Decades Before The Term 'safe Sex' Was Coined, Ettie Rout Went To War To Protect Soldiers From Venereal Disease. In Paris She Ran A Complete Social And Sexual Welfare Service For The Amzac Soldiers Of World War One - Collecting Them On The Station Platform, Guiding Them To Madame Yvonne's Brothel Which She Regularly Inspected, Looking After The Sick And Running A Counselling Service. Her Prophylactic Kit Was Adopted By Both The New Zealand And Australian Governments. But Although All New Zealand Soldiers Going On Leave Were Handfed A Copy Of Her Kit, Her Own Couintry Made Her Persona Non Grata. The French, On The Other Hand, Awardedher The Medal They Struck For The English Martyr Edith Cavell. .--book Flap. Introduction: 'that Unforgettable Heroine -- Forgotten' -- 1. 'do It Yourself' -- 2. 'thoroughness' And 'usefulness' -- 3. 'peculiar Enough To Be As God Almighty Intended' -- 4. The Recording Angel -- 5. 'the Queen Of The Maoriland Worker' -- 6. Apostle Of The New Age -- 7. The Volunteer Sisterhood -- 8. 'sergeants, Syphilis And Sand' -- 9. 'the Second Florence Nightingale' -- Interlude: An Imperial War Game -- 10. 'playing The Greatest Game Of Life' -- 11. 'guardian Angel Of The Anzacs' -- 12. Drunkenness, Disease And Demoralisation' -- 13. Safe Marriage -- 14. Native Dance, Native Diet -- 15. 'this Woman Is A Pest' -- 16. 'ettie Died At Sea.' Jane Tolerton. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 273-277) And Index. 283 pages. …

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Title
Ettie: a Life of Ettie Rout
Author
Jane Tolerton
Publisher
Penguin
Publication year
1992
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Paperback
Language
English
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0140172165
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9780140172164
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