検索キーワード： 著者 "Phoebe Yates Pember" すべてのカテゴリー

In the heart of the Civil War, Phoebe Yates Pember served as the matron of the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, where she managed a dietary kitchen that served meals to over 300 wounded soldiers each day. In her compelling memoir, Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, Pember takes us on a journey through the complexities of hospital life and her own evolution as a female administrator in a challenging environment. From her first day—met with disdain for being a woman in charge—to her eventual mastery over the hospital’s resources, including the ...

A Southern Woman's Story (1879) is a chronicle of Phoebe Pember's experiences as matron of the Confederate Chimborazo Hospital from November 1862 until the fall of Richmond in April 1865. It is considered an important source on Confederate history, and is also a valuable work for scholars of women's history and the medical and social history of the Civil War.