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A mother's work : Mary Bickerdyke, Civil War-era nurse / Megan VanGorder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- VanGorder, Megan, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bickerdyke, Mary, 1817-1901.
- Bickerdyke, Mary.
- Women--United States--Social conditions--19th century.
- Women.
- Motherhood--Social aspects--United States.
- Motherhood.
- Nursing--United States--History.
- Nursing.
- Women nurses--United States--History.
- Women nurses.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
- United States.
- Nurses--United States--History.
- Nurses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 239 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- Mother, before the war
- Becoming mother: the Civil War and the development of Bickerdyke's public motherhood (1861-1863)
- She ranks me: asserting motherhood in the Civil War (1863-1865)
- Mother-guardian: negotiating institutional care after the Civil War
- Mother-nurse: care-switching between private and public motherhood
- Special acts of justice: Mary Bickerdyke and pension claims
- The passing of the mother: Mary Bickerdyke and constructed remembrance
- What did mother mean?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781469692357 (electronic bk.)
- 146969235X (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90103960980
- CIPO000318484
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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