Campaign to commemorate life of executed British WW1 nurse Edith Cavell with a Royal Mint coin

Shot by a German firing squad for helping hundreds of allied soldiers flee Belgium.

24 February 2014

8 minutes

This clip is from

Woman's Hour—Edith Cavell; Part-time working men; Women and blindness; Children's Emergency Rescue

WW1: Women and the War—Woman's Hour
Across WW1’s centenary year, Woman's Hour looks at the war’s impact on women’s lives.

Misconceptions surrounding blindness
Duration: 01:39

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Duration: 01:29
Parent and baby walking group: ‘It’s like reconnecting with your identity'
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Duration: 01:27
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Duration: 01:46