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Sally Louisa Tompkins: Nurse, Philanthropist, Captain
Throughout history, women have been pushed into extraordinary situations, rising to the challenge and earning their place in the history. Women’s History Month is dedicated to celebrating the perseverance of women throughout history and today as we strive to overcome … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Medical, Memory
Tagged Civil War medicine, Civilian, confederate hospitals, medicine, nursing, Richmond, Women's History Month 2019
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The Nurse: Women Nurses in the Civil War, part four
Part four in a series The definition of “nurse” in John Daly’s Professional Nursing: Concepts, Issues and Challenges is “Nursing is a societally mandated, socially constructed practice profession existing to serve a public that has certain expectations of nurses and … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Emerging Civil War, Medical
Tagged Civil War Women Nurses, Florence Nightengale, nursing, nursing-series
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Influence of Religion: Women Nurses in the Civil War—part two
Part two of a series In the book, Religion and the American Civil War, the authors discuss how religion became important in America during the early republic and into the early 1800s. This became particularly true as the United States … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier, Medical, Ties to the War
Tagged Civil War Women Nurses, nursing, nursing-series
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Expectations of a Lady: Women Nurses in the Civil War—part one
part one in a series Before we examine the role of women as nurses in the Civil War, a brief literature review can help us better understand the expectations of an Antebellum lady. In 1966 Barbara Welter, in her description of … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Civilian, Medical
Tagged Antebellum south, Civil War Women Nurses, Medical, nurses, nursing, nursing-series, women
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Women Nurses in the Civil War: Introduction
This is the first in a series of articles about women nurses in the Civil War. Numerous scholarly books and articles have been written about women’s participation as nurses in the American Civil War. These same articles use the term … Continue reading