Name/TitleWar souvenir: Red Cross Nurse
About this objectWar souvenir issued free with every copy of "The Happy Home" weekly, comprising an image captioned 'RED CROSS NURSE' printed on silk and attached to backing paper with details about the souvenir and a short verse: 'NURSE: O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy and hard to please, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou.'
MakerThe Happy Home
Period1910s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, silk and paper
MeasurementsH: 68 x W: 51 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsFirst World War
Subject and Association KeywordsNursing
Subject and Association KeywordsRed Cross
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's work & labour
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's war work
Subject and Association Description'The Happy Home' was a women’s magazine featuring a mix of articles including fiction, non-fiction, fashion, domestic economy, cookery, education, and needlework. Available from "All Newsagents, 1d."
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeSouvenir
Object numberGWL-2017-84-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved