An officer and a lady : Canadian military nursing and the Second World War /

"During the Second World War; more than 4,000 civilian nurses enlisted as Nursing Sisters, a specially created all-female officers' rank of the Canadian Armed Forces. Cynthia Toman analyzes how gender, war, and medical technology intersected to create a legitimate role for women in the mas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Toman, Cynthia, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver [B.C.] : University of British Columbia Press, ©2007.
Colección:Studies in Canadian military history.
Temas:
Canada. > Canadian Armed Forces > Women > History > 20th century.
Canada. > Canadian Armed Forces > Nurses > History > 20th century.
Canada > Canadian Armed Forces
Canada. > Canadian Armed Forces
1900-1999
Nurses > Canada > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > Canada.
Women and war > Canada > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Canada.
World War, 1939-1945 > Canada > Participation, Female.
Military nursing > Canada > History > 20th century.
Military Nursing > history
World War II
Infirmières > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Soins médicaux > Canada.
Femmes et guerre > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Femmes > Canada.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Canada > Participation des femmes.
Soins infirmiers militaires > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Medical care
Military nursing
Military participation > Female
Nurses
Women
Women and war
Militär
Krankenschwester
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Canada
Kanada
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Ready, aye ready" : enlisting nurses
  • Incorporating nurses into the military
  • Shaping nursing sisters as "officers" and "ladies"
  • Legitimating military nursing work
  • "The strain of peace" : community and social memory.

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