Poet, novelist, memoirist, and nurse. Pseudonym: “Emma.” Unmarried. Born in Greater
Yarmouth, Norfolk. Trained as a nurse with the Red Cross. Nursed during the Franco-Prussian
War and the Serbo-Turkish War. Author of several memoirs about her time as a nurse
abroad including *Our Adventures During the War of 1870* (1871) and *Service in Servia
Under the Red Cross* (1877). Worked as a superintendent at a London hospital later
in life. Biographical information: *Curran Index*, *At the Circulating Library*. (AC,
CC)