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Highlights
- After studying nursing in London, at age thirty-five, Edith Cavell worked at several hospitals in England.
- She traveled to Brussels to organize and direct a nursing school in 1907.
- After Belgium fell to the Germans in 1914, she sheltered and aided the escape of about two hundred Belgian, English, and French soldiers from Belgium to Holland and England.
- She was arrested on August 5, 1915 and imprisoned by the Germans.
- Despite appeals from American and Spanish ministers to Germany, Edith Cavell was executed by firing squad on October 12, 1915, sparking an international outcry.
 Related Web Sites
- Nurse Edith Cavell: A Norfolk Heroine
- Edith Cavell, Nurse
- Who's Who: Edith Cavell
- Edith Cavell Biographical Sketch
- Names from the Past: Edith Cavell
- British Heritage: Edith Cavell: No Hatred or Bitterness For Anyone
- Military History: Nurse Edith Cavell
- "Edith Cavell," Poem by Laurence Binyon
 Related Reading
De Leeuw, Adele. Edith Cavell: Nurse, Spy, Heroine. New York: Putnam, 1968.
De Leeuw, Adele and Cateau. "More Than Patriotism: Edith Cavell," in Nurses Who Led the Way. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1961.
Grey, Elizabeth. Friend Within the Gates: The Story of Nurse Edith Cavell. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. [Available at Amazon.com]Hoehling, A. A. A Whisper of Eternity: The Mystery of Edith Cavell. New York: T. Yoseloff, 1957.
Johnson, Jan. The Secret Task of Nurse Cavell: A Story About Edith Cavell. New York: HarperCollins, 1979. [Available at Amazon.com]McKown, Robin. "Edith Cavell," in Heroic Nurses. New York: Putnam's, 1966.
Vinton, Iris. The Story of Edith Cavell. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959.
 Biographical Movie
Nurse Edith Cavell, 1939, starring Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver, George Sanders, ZaSu Pitts, May Robson, H.B. Warner, and Robert Coote. Directed by Herbert Wilcox, 108 minutes, B&W.
Cover illustration from The Story of Edith Cavell, copyright © 1959, Grosset & Dunlap.
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Edith Cavell: World War I Martyr
