"We shall never conquer this greatest of national perils simply by spreading pious fluff over the landscape. Cannot we simply take our courage in our own hands now and face the facts of life as they really are?, because we'd know no one wanted to publicise the problem of soldier VD."
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As stated in: Tolerton, Jane (2015) "Ettie Rout New Zealand's safer sex pioneer". Penguin Random House New Zealand. pp. 20. ISBN 978-0-14-357324-1
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Ettie Rout
Ettie Annie Rout (24 February 1877 – 17 September 1936) was a Tasmanian-born New Zealander whose work among servicemen in Paris and the Somme during World War I made her a war hero among the French, yet through the same events she became persona non grata in New Zealand.
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