Ettie: A life of Ettie Rout (1992) By Jane Tolerton
 
She was the 'guardian angel of the Anzacs', according to a French venereologist. To a bishop, she was the 'wickedest woman in Britain.' Soldiers described her as a saint. Their mothers regarded her as an 'agent of the devil.'
 
Six decades before the term 'safe sex' was coined, Ettie Rout went to war to protect soldiers from venereal disease. In Paris she ran a complete social and sexual welfare service for the Anzac soldiers of World War One - collecting them on the station platform, guiding them to Madame Yvonne's brothel which she regularly inspected, looking after the sick and running a counseling service.
 
Her prophylactic kit was adopted by both New Zealand and Australian governments. But although all New Zealand soldiers going on leave were handfed a copy of her kit, her own country made her persona non grata. The French, on the other hand, awarded her the medal they struck for the English martyr Edith Cavell.
 
Soft Cover
283 Pages
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