02812nam 2200685Ia 450 991081556920332120240418044947.01-280-67824-097866136551720-8139-3218-1(CKB)2550000000103998(EBL)3444036(OCoLC)801412264(SSID)ssj0000694658(PQKBManifestationID)11942994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000694658(PQKBWorkID)10670585(PQKB)10145756(MiAaPQ)EBC3444036(MdBmJHUP)muse19514(Au-PeEL)EBL3444036(CaPaEBR)ebr10567627(CaONFJC)MIL365517(EXLCZ)99255000000010399820110808d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorth a dozen men[electronic resource] women and nursing in the Civil War South /Libra R. Hilde1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20121 online resource (328 p.)A nation divided: Studies in the Civil War eraDescription based upon print version of record.0-8139-3442-7 0-8139-3212-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Nation divided.Military hospitalsSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryMilitary nursingSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryWomenSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865HospitalsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Medical careUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865WomenMilitary hospitalsHistoryMilitary nursingHistoryWomenHistory973.7/76Hilde Libra Rose1614059MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815569203321Worth a dozen men3943684UNINA