An Officer and a Lady: Canadian Military Nursing and the Second World War (Studies in Canadian Military History)
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Cynthia Toman (Author)
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During the Second World War, more than 4,000 civilian nurses enlisted as Nursing Sisters, a specially created all-female officers' rank of the Canadian Armed Forces. They served in all three armed force branches and all the major theatres of war, yet nursing as a form of war work has long been under-explored. An Officer and a Lady fills that gap. Cynthia Toman analyzes how gender, war, and medical technology intersected to create a legitimate role for women in the masculine environment of the military and explores the incongruous expectations placed on military nurses as "officers and ladies." 29 b&w photos
About the Author
Cynthia Toman is an assistant professor of nursing and Associate Director of the Associated Medical Services Nursing History Research Unit at the University of Ottawa.
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- Contributor: Cynthia Toman
- Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
- ISBN13: 9780774814485
- Number of Pages: 272
- Packaged Dimensions: 159x235mm
- Packaged Weight: 420
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
- Release Date: 2008-07-01
- Series: Studies in Canadian Military History
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Cynthia Toman is an assistant professor of nursing and Associate Director of the Associated Medical Services Nursing History Research Unit at the University of Ottawa.
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