TY  - BOOK
AU  - Toman,Cynthia
TI  - An Officer and a Lady: Canadian Military Nursing and the Second World War
T2  - Studies in Canadian Military History Series
SN  - 9780774855945
AV  - D807.C2 -- T66 2007eb 
U1  - 940.54/7571 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Vancouver
PB  - University of British Columbia Press
KW  - Canada. -- Canadian Armed Forces -- Nurses -- History -- 20th century
KW  - Military nursing -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Canada
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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."
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