Name/Title
A Girl in Ten ThousandEntry/Object ID
2023.413.1Description
"Effie Staunton desires to become a nurse in spite of the fact that she is the eldest of six children, and the one person in the family upon whom everyone depends. Her father, a country doctor, however, objects to lady nurses, or to advanced ideas of women's work, but when he has to secure the help of a trained nurse in a dangerous case of diphtheria he changes his opinion. His devotion to his patient costs him his life, and then Effie in their time of trouble proves herself to be a girl in ten thousand, saving the family from want and her brother from disgrace."
--"The Publishers' Circular, Christmas 1896 (via Goodreads)Create Date
September 9, 2023
