The Nurses of Ellis Island : Life and Work Inside the Golden Door / Michelle C. Hehman and Arlene W. Keeling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hehman, Michelle C., author.

Keeling, Arlene Wynbeek, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health nurses--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--History.

Public health nurses.

Noncitizen detention centers--Health aspects--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--History.

Noncitizen detention centers.

Immigrants--Medical care--United States--History--20th century.

Immigrants.

Ellis Island Hospital--History.

Ellis Island Hospital.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2024]

Summary:

The Nurses of Ellis Island: Life and Work inside the Golden Door tells the story of the nurses who offered hope and healing to some of America's most vulnerable patients. In the once-modern hospital complex on the southwest side of Ellis Island, a small group of nurses from the U.S. Public Health Service expertly cared for more than 150, 000 patients of all ages and backgrounds, suffering from every imaginable illness and injury. These nurses, who lived and worked in the hospital built between the Main Immigration Building and the Statue of Liberty, learned to embrace their roles as both compassionate caregivers and agents of the state, all while navigating the impact of major sociopolitical events that included two world wars, a global pandemic, and increasingly restrictive immigration legislation. Drawing from government records, archival sources, and newly uncovered memoirs from the nurses themselves, award-winning authors and accomplished nurse historians Michelle Hehman and Arlene Keeling reconstruct the lived experience of nursing on Ellis Island during the first half of the twentieth century. This tale of nursing at its finest is a stunning narrative of triumph and tragedy that brings to life the largely invisible yet indispensable work of nursing at the intersection of immigration and public health policy.

Contents:

Nurses on Ellis Island in the Early Years, 1892-1901

Caring for the Huddled Masses, 1902-1911

Nursing in the Contagious Disease Hospital, 1911-1917

Nurses on Ellis Island during World War I, 1917-1919

Changing Rules and Changing Roles, 1920-1939

World War II and the End of a Nursing Presence on Ellis Island, 1941-1954

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780875658995

0875658997

OCLC:

1463086456