Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. She is known for her book The Backwash of War in which she chronicled her experience as a nurse in World War I in an often bitter and cynical manner. She was also a leading practitioner in the treatment of tuberculosis and an advocate for addressing opium addiction in China. (From Wikipedia) More about Ellen N. La Motte:
| | Books by Ellen N. La Motte: La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: The Backwash of War: The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: Civilization: Tales of the Orient (New York: G. H. Doran Co., c1919) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: The Opium Monopoly (New York: Macmillan, 1920) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: Peking Dust (New York: The Century Co., 1919) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Additional books by Ellen N. La Motte in the extended shelves: La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: The backwash of war (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1934) (page images at HathiTrust) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: The backwash of war; the human wreckage of the battlefield as witnessed by an American hospital nurse (G.P. Putnam's sons, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: Civilization : tales of the Orient (George H. Doran Company, 1919), also by George H. Doran Company (page images at HathiTrust) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: The opium monopoly (The Macmillan company, 1920), also by Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection (page images at HathiTrust) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: Peking dust. (Century co., 1919) (page images at HathiTrust) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: The tuberculosis nurse (Garland, 1985) (page images at HathiTrust) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: The tuberculosis nurse, her function and her qualifications : a handbook for practical workers in the tuberculosis campaign (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915) (page images at HathiTrust) La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961: The Tuberculosis Nurse: Her Function and Her Qualifications: A Handbook for Practical Workers in the Tuberculosis Campaign, contrib. by Louis Hamman (Gutenberg ebook)
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