Called to serve : American nurses go to war, 1914-1918.

American history;Womens studies;Nursing

Katherine Burger Johnson

University:University of Louisville

Department:History

关键词: American history;    Womens studies;    Nursing;   

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美国|英语

来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

World War I resulted in the deaths of over 8,500,000military personnel and in addition, millions of civilians.There were not enough doctors to provide the necessarymedical care for the masses of seriously sick and wounded,and other than in Great Britain, there was little in the wayof an organized nursing profession in Europe.Over ten thousand American women served overseas asnurses and nurses' aides from 1914 to 1918, caring forsoldiers and civilians of diverse nationalities and provingto be a mainstay in the medical treatment provided forvictims of "The Great War." Little has been written aboutthe efforts of these women which were of vital importanceduring wartime. Standard history texts and even womens'history sources have by-passed the contribution of Americanwomen to World War I. However, there exists a multitude ofletters, diaries, memoirs, as well as official reports andhistories of medical units that tell the story of the women,their motivation and expectations, their day-to-day life atthe front, and their attitudes toward the war, the wounded,and each other.