Officer, Nurse, Woman : The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War.
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- 9780801897139
- 959.704/37
- DS559.44 .V85 2010
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Lady, you're in the army now" -- 1 "The Bright Adventure of Army Nursing": Meeting Nursing Demands for the Vietnam War -- 2 "An officer and a gentleman": Gender and a Changing Army -- 3 "A wonderful, horrible experience": Nursing Education and Practice -- 4 "Helmets and hair curlers": Gender and Wartime Nursing -- 5 "I'm afraid we're going to have to just change our ways": Wives, Mothers, and Pregnant Nurses in the Army -- 6 "You mean we get women over here?": Gender and Sexuality in the War Zone -- 7 "Not All Women Wore Love Beads in the Sixties": Postwar Depictions of Vietnam War Nurses -- Conclusion: Officers, Nurses, and Women -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Photo Section.
Officer, Nurse, Woman brings to light the nearly forgotten contributions of brave nurses who risked their lives to bring medical care to soldiers during a terrible--and divisive--war.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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