An officer and a lady : Canadian military nursing and the Second World War / Cynthia Toman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toman, Cynthia, 1948-

Series:

Studies in Canadian military history.

Studies in Canadian military history, 1499-6251

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces--Nurses--History--20th century.

Canada.

Military nursing--Canada--History--20th century.

Military nursing.

World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--Canada.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the Second World War, more than 4,000 civilian nurses enlisted as Nursing Sisters, a specially created all-female officers' rank of the Canadian Armed Forces. They served in all three armed force branches and all the major theatres of war, yet nursing as a form of war work has long been under-explored. An Officer and a Lady fills that gap. 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."

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations and Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

"Ready, Aye Ready": Enlisting Nurses

Incorporating Nurses into the Military

Shaping Nursing Sisters as "Officers" and "Ladies"

Legitimating Military Nursing Work

"The Strain of Peace": Community and Social Memory

Conclusion

Appendix: Biographical Profiles of Interviewed Nursing Sisters

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Studies in Canadian Military History

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-250) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-59366-8

9786612593666

0-7748-5594-0

OCLC:

311308132