page_title: Louisa McLaughlin
hierarchical_section_title: Louisa McLaughlin
caption_attribution_description: Louisa McLaughlin wearing medals in mourning
context_page_description: Louisa Elisabeth McLaughlin was one of the first British women to serve as a nurse for the Red Cross. Louisa, who often spelled her name MacLaughlin and was familiarly called Louise, is pictured wearing medals awarded by both the French and Germans for running ambulances during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. She also wears the Gold Cross of the Order of the Takova marking her work in the Serbo-Turkish war, the prelude to the Russo-Turkish War. Her partner Emma Maria Pearson was awarded the same medals.
context_section_description: Louisa Elisabeth McLaughlin (1836–1921) was one of the first British women to serve as a nurse for the Red Cross. Louisa, who often spelled her name MacLaughlin and was familiarly called Louise, is pictured wearing medals awarded by both the French and Germans for running ambulances (as field hospitals were then called) during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. She also wears the Gold Cross of the Order of the Takova marking her work in the Serbo-Turkish war, the prelude to the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). Her partner Emma Maria Pearson (1828–93) was awarded the same medals.
caption: Louisa McLaughlin in full mourning eight years after the death of her partner Emma Maria Pearson
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