Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10637/12885

The "Maternité Anglaise" : a lasting legacy of the Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee to the people of France during the First World War (1914-1918)


Thumbnail

See/Open:
 Maternite_Palfreeman_RELIGIONS_2021.pdf
334,52 kB
Adobe PDF
Title: The "Maternité Anglaise" : a lasting legacy of the Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee to the people of France during the First World War (1914-1918)
Authors : Palfreeman, Linda
Keywords: Clark, Hilda, 1881-1955 - Biografías.Clark, Hilda, 1881-1955 - Biography.Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee (FWVRC) 1914-1918 - France.World War, 1914-1918 - Medical care - France.Ayuda humanitaria británica - 1914-1918 - Francia.British humanitarianism - 1914-1918 - France.Maternidades - 1914-1918 - Francia.Hospitals - Maternity services - 1914-1918 - France.Voluntariado.Volunteers.Pacifismo.Pacifism.Cuáqueros - Asistencia sanitaria - 1914-1918 - Francia.Quakers - Medical care - 1914-1918 - France.Guerra Mundial I, 1914-1918 - Asistencia sanitaria - Francia.
Publisher: MDPI
Citation: Palfreeman, L. (2021). The Maternité Anglaise: a lasting legacy of the Friends’ War Victims’ Relief Committee to the people of France during the First World War (1914–1918). Religions, vol. 12, i. 4 (09 apr.), art. 265. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12040265
Abstract: After the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914, the British government’s call to arms caused a moral and religious dilemma for members of the Religious Society of Friends (Friends or Quakers), whose fundamental principle was (and is) the rejection of war and violence. Many Friends sought means of reconciling their duty to God with their duty to their country, and the prospect of helping to alleviate the suffering of the civilian victims of the fighting provided them with an acceptable alternative. Together with fellow Friend T. Edmund Harvey MP, Dr Hilda Clark set about rallying the support of Friends and sympathisers willing to go out to France to administer humanitarian aid to non-combatants. The committee adopted the name used by the distinguished organisation that had administered relief in the Franco-Prussian War—the Friends’ War Victims’ Relief Committee (FWVRC). Extensive and multifaceted aid work was carried out in much of northern France by the FWVRC’s general relief team. The following essay, however, examines more closely the medical assistance provided under the leadership of Hilda Clark. In particular, it focuses on the maternity hospital created and run by the FWVRC in Châlons-sur-Marne, which became a lasting legacy of the Friends to the people of the Marne.
Description: Este artículo se encuentra disponible en la siguiente URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/4/265
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10637/12885
Rights : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es
ISSN: 2077-1444 (Electrónico).
Issue Date: 9-Apr-2021
Center : Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU
Appears in Collections:Dpto. Humanidades





Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.