Nursing civil rights : gender and race in the Army Nurse Corps / / Charissa J. Threat
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| Autore: |
Threat Charissa J. <1976->
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| Titolo: |
Nursing civil rights : gender and race in the Army Nurse Corps / / Charissa J. Threat
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| Pubblicazione: | Urbana, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , [2015] |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.3/45 |
| Soggetto topico: | Military nursing - United States - History - 20th century |
| African American women - History - 20th century | |
| Male nurses - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Discrimination in employment - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Civil rights - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Sex role in the work environment - United States - History - 20th century | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, African American | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Women - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Politics of Intimate Care: Gender, Race, and Nursing Work""; ""2. The Negro Nurse A Citizen Fighting for Democracy: African Americans and the Army Nurse Corps""; ""3. Nurse or Soldier? White Male Nurses and World War II""; ""4. An American Challenge: Defense, Democracy, and Civil Rights after World War II""; ""5. The Quality of a Person: Race and Gender Roles Re-Imagined?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix A. Facts about Negro Nurses and the War"" |
| ""Appendix B. Male Nurse Population, 1943""""Appendix C. African American Nurse Population, 1940""; ""Appendix D. Male and African American Nurse Population, 1950""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 'Nursing Civil Rights', Charissa J. Threat investigates the parallel battles against occupational segregation by African American women and white men in the U.S. Army. As Threat reveals, both groups viewed their circumstances with the Army Nurse Corps as a civil rights matter. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Gender and race in the Army Nurse Corps |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Nursing civil rights |
| ISBN: | 0-252-08077-7 |
| 0-252-09724-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788148703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Women in American History