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Nursing civil rights : gender and race in the Army Nurse Corps /

In 'Nursing Civil Rights', Charissa J. Threat investigates the parallel battles against occupational segregation by African American women and white men in the U.S. Army. As Threat reveals, both groups viewed their circumstances with the Army Nurse Corps as a civil rights matter.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Threat, Charissa J., 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Series:Women in American history.
Subjects:
Men
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Politics of Intimate Care: Gender, Race, and Nursing Work""; ""2. “The Negro Nurseâ€?A Citizen Fighting for Democracyâ€?: African Americans and the Army Nurse Corps""; ""3. Nurse or Soldier? White Male Nurses and World War II""; ""4. An American Challenge: Defense, Democracy, and Civil Rights after World War II""; ""5. The Quality of a Person: Race and Gender Roles Re-Imagined?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix A. Facts about Negro Nurses and the War""
  • Appendix B. Male Nurse Population, 1943Appendix C. African American Nurse Population, 1940
  • Appendix D. Male and African American Nurse Population, 1950
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index