“Someday I hope to have a home of my own; I'm weary of being a stranger in a strange land.”

About Edith Cavell

Nurse • British

Edith Cavell was a British nurse, humanitarian, and patriot celebrated for her work during World War I. Serving in German-occupied Belgium, she treated wounded soldiers from both sides of the conflict without...

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