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Profile of British nurse Edith Cavell who worked in Belgium in World War I. She was arrested for helping allied soldiers to freedom and executed by the German authorities.

Joined the American Expeditionary Force at the start of the U.S. involvement in World War I. Her wartime letters home provide insight into the hardships and unimaginable conditions combat nurses worked in.

Youngest nurse in Civil War. Newspaper interview of Mrs. Squire from the Sheygoyan Press, October 20, 1915.