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Sue Barton
Sue Barton is the central character in a series of seven novels for adolescent girls written by Helen Dore Boylston between 1936 and 1952. The series was published by Little, Brown & Co. and saw a number of reprints following its initial publication. At present, the series is in reprint by Image Cascade Publishing. The series follows red-headed Sue Barton through her nurse's training and her work life. In a publisher's note in a 1967 British edition of the book, Boylston stated that all the nursing incidents in the first two books were based on real events. The Kit, Connie and Bill characters were also based on real individuals and used their real names, while others used pseudonyms. She denied that Barton herself was an autobiographical portrait, saying "I made her up, lock, stock and barrel. She is the kind of person and the kind of nurse I wished I were, and I had a lot of fun creating her." In ''Sue Barton: Student Nurse'', Sue begins training as a student nurse. She meets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Dore Boylston
Helen Dore Boylston (April 4, 1895 – September 30, 1984) was the American writer of the popular " ''Sue Barton''" nurse series and "''Carol Page''" actor series. Biography Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Boylston spent her childhood there, and was nicknamed "Troub", short for Troubles. She attended Simmons College in Boston for a year. She thought of studying medicine like her father, but chose nursing since the training was shorter. She graduated as a nurse from Massachusetts General Hospital in 1915 and sailed for France to serve in the First World War with the Harvard Medical Unit, as part of the British Expeditionary Force. She nursed the wounded at a front-line field hospital, specializing as a nurse anesthetist and reaching the rank of captain. Boylston wrote about her experiences in ''Sister: The War Diary of a Nurse,'' which was published in 1920. After the 1918 Armistice, Boylston remained in Europe working for the Red Cross for two years providing services t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
