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How Has Maisie Dobbs Helped

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Maisie Dobbs was a battlefield nurse in The Great War, and helped with wounded soldiers. After the war, she used her skills to help her solve cases. Because she was a nurse during World War I, and Maurice taught her medical things prior to the war, she could help figure out why her assistant was not functioning the way that he usually had. Although she was a nurse, her primary role in the story was a detective. This quote lists a few roles that she’s had: “She has proven herself as a psychologist and investigator, and has even won over Detective Inspector Stratton of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad--an admirable achievement for a woman who worked her way from servant to scholar to sleuth, and who also served as a battlefield nurse in The
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