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EttieJane Tolerton

Ettie

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"She was the 'guardian angel of the Anzacs', accordiong to a French veneriologist. To a bishop she wa sthe 'wickedest woman in Britain.' Soldiers described her as a saint. Their mothers regarded her as an 'agent of the devil.' Six decades before the term 'safe sex' was coined, Ettie Rout went to war to protect soldiers from venereal disease. In Paris she ran a complete social and sexual welfare service for the Amzac soldiers of World War One - collecting them on the station platform, guiding them to Madame Yvonne's brothel which she regularly inspected, looking after the sick and running a…

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  • Other · English · 1992
    Penguin · 283 pages · 9780140172164
World War, 1914-1918Military lifeWomen social reformersSexually transmitted diseasesProstitutionSocial aspectsGreat BritainBiography