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Worth a dozen men : women and nursing in the Civil War South / Libra R. Hilde.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hilde, Libra Rose.
- Series:
- Nation divided.
- A nation divided: Studies in the Civil War era
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military hospitals--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Military hospitals.
- Military nursing--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Military nursing.
- Women--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Women.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Nurses.
- Confederate States of America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through newspapers and official records, as well as letters, diaries, and memoirs--not only those of the remarkable and dedicated women who participated, but of the doctors with whom they served, their soldier patients, and the patients' families--a comprehensive picture of what it was like to be a nurse in the South during the Civil War emerges.
- Contents:
- State and private hospitals
- Matrons' work
- Becoming a nurse
- Ideal nursing
- Civilian women and Confederate medical care
- The hospital labor dilemma
- Conflict and cooperation
- Nursing and personal growth
- Aftermath and social change.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613655172
- 9781280678240
- 1280678240
- 9780813932187
- 0813932181
- OCLC:
- 801412264
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