Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza October, 1918

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LibriVox recording of Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza October, 1918 by Francis Edward Tourscher. Read in English by David Wales In 1918 over 2,000 Roman Catholic nuns left their convents in the Philadelphia area to nurse the sick and dying of the influenza epidemic. Twenty-three of the sisters died because of their ministrations. This is an account of their heroic work published in the American Catholic Historical Society Of Philadelphia, 1919. “Gathered and arranged from reports of personal experiences of the sisters and contributed by request of the compiler.” The compiler/author was an academic/priest at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. Since there are no chapter headings, this recording uses the section headings of the book. - Summary by David Wales and book's subtitle For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (107MB)

Directors & creators

Francis Edward Tourscher

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Christianity; Catholicism; nursing; 1918; nuns; epidemic; influenza; philadelphia pensylvania

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