Letter from Georgia Finley to her father

Letter from Georgia Finley to her father

Georgia Finley writes of how busy her work has been lately: "The nurses' diet has been turned over to me and you can imagine what my task has been to prepare food as it should be and without unnecessary waste with French women and with boys who have never cooked - at least not before coming into the army - and at the same time meeting food requirements." She does, however, express some hopefulness: "After one week I think I see some system coming out of chaos. What amazes me the most is the very small number of professional people who know much of anything of food requirements….. We have very few patients again but I suppose any day we may have more.... I dressed up in my citizen clothes this evening - and it is like getting a new lease on life to get out of your uniform for a few hours - the same dress for six months becomes most monotonous." Lastly, she writes to her father that "I have the new roommate - and I am enjoying her very much - she is a woman who has had more than the ordinary breath of experiences and is one of the most splendid nurses. I am still trying to parlé French but it is rather uphill work - if I am here six months more, I may learn a little."

World War I; First World War; Nurses; Women;

Finley, Georgia;

4/28/1917

13.5 x 20.8 cm

ENG

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WWI-541;
WWI-542;
WWI-543;

1918