Forgotten Heroines: the diaries of Ysabel Birkbeck, Fiction_Gift_Guide At Roosevelt’s behest he traveled

At Roosevelt’s behest he traveled to Britain to serve as a liaison between the president and Churchill and to spearhead what became known as the Harriman Mission

Filled with exercises

The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented

Chana sneaks out most nights to return to the hotel kitchen where she works as a dishwasher

though his doctor thought he was crazy

Forgotten Heroines: the diaries of Ysabel Birkbeck, Fiction_Gift_Guide At Roosevelt’s behest he traveledIn August 1916, 75 intrepid women set out from Liverpool for the Russian Front. They were a unit of the Scottish Women's Hospital, led by Dr Elsie Inglis. They would form two front line medical units, attached to the Serbian army. This diarist, Ysabel Birkbeck, was one of the ambulance drivers, and she recounts their work and fun with honesty and humour: the long journey by ship, train and barge to Medjidea, the work of moving injured men across