This Small Army of Women
Canadian Volunteer Nurses and the First World War
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2017
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
9780774830713 (ISBN)
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
9780774830713 (ISBN)
This Small Army of Women restores a forgotten contingent of nursing volunteers to the historical record, showcasing their dedication amid the carnage of war and their sometimes uneasy relationship with nursing professionals.
With her soft linen head scarf and white apron emblazoned with a red cross, the Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, or VAD, has become a romantic emblem of the First World War. This Small Army of Women draws on diaries, letters, and interviews to tell the forgotten story of the nearly two thousand women from Canada and Newfoundland who volunteered to "do their bit" at home and overseas.
Middle-class and well-educated but largely untrained, VADs were excluded from Canadian military hospitals overseas (the realm of the professional nurse) but helped solve Britain's nursing deficit and filled gaps in Canada's domestic nursing ranks. Their dedication and struggle to secure a place at their brothers' bedsides reveals much about women's contributions to the war effort, the tensions between amateur and professional nurses, and women's evolving role outside the home.
With her soft linen head scarf and white apron emblazoned with a red cross, the Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, or VAD, has become a romantic emblem of the First World War. This Small Army of Women draws on diaries, letters, and interviews to tell the forgotten story of the nearly two thousand women from Canada and Newfoundland who volunteered to "do their bit" at home and overseas.
Middle-class and well-educated but largely untrained, VADs were excluded from Canadian military hospitals overseas (the realm of the professional nurse) but helped solve Britain's nursing deficit and filled gaps in Canada's domestic nursing ranks. Their dedication and struggle to secure a place at their brothers' bedsides reveals much about women's contributions to the war effort, the tensions between amateur and professional nurses, and women's evolving role outside the home.
Linda J. Quiney is a historian and retired lecturer and serves as an affiliate with the Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry at the University of British Columbia.
Introduction
1 This Ardent Band of Ladies: Birth of the Canadian VAD Movement
2 Enthusiastic and Anxious: Mobilizing the Voluntary Nursing Service
3 Every Woman Is a Nurse: Framing the Image of the VAD
4 No Time for Sentiment: Making a Useful Contribution
5 Saying Goodbye: Forgetting, Remembering, and Moving On
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes; Bibliography; Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.06.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 39 b&w photos, 2 charts, 10 tables |
| Verlagsort | Vancouver |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780774830713 / 9780774830713 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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