| Description |
xiii, 219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Originally presented as the author's dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Maryland College Park, 2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-211) and index. |
| Contents |
List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Nursing in the postwar period -- 1. Hospitals, hierarchies, and the duty to care -- 2. Nursing education in the age of the apron -- 3. Reforming and liberating nursing education -- pt. 2. Nursing and equality feminism -- 4. Nursing education and the end of the apron -- 5. Nursing work, culture, and identity -- pt. 3. Nursing in the era of difference feminism -- 6. Nursing and the feminist enlightenment -- 7. New pathways for nurses -- Epilogue : A more inclusive history -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Nursing -- United States -- History.
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Feminism -- United States -- History.
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Nurses -- United States -- Social conditions.
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History of Nursing -- United States. |
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Education, Nursing -- history -- United States. |
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Feminism -- history -- United States. |
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History, 20th Century -- United States. |
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Women's Rights -- history -- United States. |
| ISBN |
9780252074813 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0252074815 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780252032479 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0252032470 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101306820 |
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IG# 9780252032479 |
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NZ1 11386454 |
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