An Officer and a Lady : Canadian Military Nursing and the Second World War.
Toman, Cynthia.
An Officer and a Lady : Canadian Military Nursing and the Second World War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Studies in Canadian Military History Series . - Studies in Canadian Military History Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 "Ready, Aye Ready": Enlisting Nurses -- 2 Incorporating Nurses into the Military -- 3 Shaping Nursing Sisters as "Officers" and "Ladies" -- 4 Legitimating Military Nursing Work -- 5 "The Strain of Peace": Community and Social Memory -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Biographical Profiles of Interviewed Nursing Sisters -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Cynthia Toman analyzes how gender, war, and medical technology intersected to create a legitimate role for women in the masculine environment of the military and explores the incongruous expectations placed on military nurses as "officers and ladies.".
9780774855945
Canada. -- Canadian Armed Forces -- Nurses -- History -- 20th century.
Military nursing -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Canada.
Electronic books.
D807.C2 -- T66 2007eb
940.54/7571
An Officer and a Lady : Canadian Military Nursing and the Second World War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Studies in Canadian Military History Series . - Studies in Canadian Military History Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 "Ready, Aye Ready": Enlisting Nurses -- 2 Incorporating Nurses into the Military -- 3 Shaping Nursing Sisters as "Officers" and "Ladies" -- 4 Legitimating Military Nursing Work -- 5 "The Strain of Peace": Community and Social Memory -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Biographical Profiles of Interviewed Nursing Sisters -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Cynthia Toman analyzes how gender, war, and medical technology intersected to create a legitimate role for women in the masculine environment of the military and explores the incongruous expectations placed on military nurses as "officers and ladies.".
9780774855945
Canada. -- Canadian Armed Forces -- Nurses -- History -- 20th century.
Military nursing -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Canada.
Electronic books.
D807.C2 -- T66 2007eb
940.54/7571