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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.
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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.
More clips from Edith Cavell; Part-time working men; Women and blindness; Children's Emergency Rescue
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Misconceptions surrounding blindness
Duration: 01:39
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‘I was hiding my hair loss for a long time’
Duration: 02:01
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Sandi Toksvig: ‘My friends are part of my family’
Duration: 01:10
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Carol Vorderman: ‘I have no fear online’
Duration: 01:23