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Helen Dore Boylston

Born

in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, The United States

December 13, 1901

Died

September 30, 1984

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Young Adult

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An only child, Helen Dore Boylston attended Portsmouth public schools and trained as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital. Two days after graduating, she joined the Harvard medical unit that had been formed to serve with the British Army. After the war, she missed the comradeship, intense effort, and mutual dependence of people upon one another when under pressure, and joined the Red Cross to work in Poland and Albania. This work, often in isolation and with little apparent effect, wasn't satisfying. Returning to the U.S., Boylston taught nose and throat anaesthesia at Massachusetts General for two years. During this time Rose Wilder Lane read Boylston's wartime diary and arranged for it to be published in the Atlantic Monthly. - Sourc ...more

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Helen Dore Boylston’s books

Average rating: 4.07 · 4,142 ratings · 350 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sue Barton, Student Nurse (Sue Barton, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 1,179 ratings — published 1936 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sue Barton, Senior Nurse (Sue Barton, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 584 ratings — published 1937 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sue Barton, Visiting Nurse (Sue Barton, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 1938 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sue Barton, Rural Nurse (Sue Barton, #4) 4.04 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 1939 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sue Barton, Staff Nurse (Sue Barton #7) 4.05 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 1952 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sue Barton, Neighborhood Nurse (Sue Barton, #6) 4.05 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 1949 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sue Barton, Superintendent of Nurses (Sue Barton, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 1940 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross 3.98 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1955 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carol Goes Backstage (Carol Page, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1941 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sister: The War Diary of a Nurse 4.05 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1927 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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