266 A Short History of Nursing the soldier. Perhaps the most picturesque and unusual work of all is that carried on along the coasts of Labrador under the medical direction of Dr. Grenfell. Public school nursing was introduced into the Toronto school system by Lina Rogers (now Mrs. Public school Struthers) who had gained distinction nursing j^er work in the States. Canadian nurses are well organized in alumnae, provincial, and federal associations. Through Organization the latter they entered into interna- and journal tional relations with the nurses of other countries, under Miss Snively's leadership, in 1908. They support a professional journal, The Canadian Nurse. With the outbreak of war Canadian nurses prepared instantly for overseas service, and gave their unremitting energies to it throughout. While the war went on woman suffrage extended through the Dominion. Canadian war nurses were endowed with military rank as described in a later paragraph on rank. The general status of nursing in Canada is prac- tically the same as that in the United States. There has always been a great deal in common between the nurses of these neighboring countries, chiefly because of the large numbers of Canadian women who have entered American nursing schools
