[PDF.03sz] Worth a Dozen Men: Women and Nursing in the Civil War South (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)

Worth a Dozen Men: Women and Nursing in the Civil War South (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)

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 | #3315447 in Books |  2012-03-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.88 x6.14l,1.32 | File type: PDF | 328 pages

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||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Their heroism must never be forgotten!|By Radweiler|Exhaustively researched, well presented information, describing how the Southern nurses evolved their practice, profoundly aided the Southern war efforts (ironically likely prolonging the conflict), and brought sweeping cultural changes to the nation in the post Civil War South. This book is a tribute to the women who toiled| || Worth a Dozen Men is prodigiously researched, fills a gap in the historiography, and makes numerous contributions to the literature. The author’s arguments are sound, original, and significant. (Elizabeth Varon, University of Virginia)

In antebellum society, women were regarded as ideal nurses because of their sympathetic natures. However, they were expected to exercise their talents only in the home; nursing strange men in hospitals was considered inappropriate, if not indecent. Nevertheless, in defiance of tradition, Confederate women set up hospitals early in the Civil War and organized volunteers to care for the increasing number of sick and wounded soldiers. As a fledgling government engaged...

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