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During the First and Second World Wars, the totality of global war and the involvement of the United States necessitated the use of American women within military medical services as nurses. Military nursing served as a catalyst for professionalizing nursing as well as the entrance women into US military jobs. This thesis explores American women’s military nursing roles during WWI and WWII within the historical context of the precedence set for female nurses’ involvement in wartime medical service in both the American Civil War and the Spanish Civil War. In so doing, it seeks to answer specific research questions focused on nurse’s wartime experiences, the formality of their role, and public perceptions of female nurses. I will examine the change over time of these issues and reasons for their evolution.
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Title
- American Nurses at War: From the Veil of Domesticity to Military Service
Contributors
- Glew, Haley Nicole (Author)
- Stoff, Laurie (Thesis director)
- Foote, Nicola (Committee member)
- WPC Graduate Programs (Contributor)
- Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)
- Department of Information Systems (Contributor)
- School of Accountancy (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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2020-05
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