| An Officer and a Lady: Canadian Military Nursing and the Second World War Contributor(s): Toman, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774814489 ISBN-13: 9780774814485 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Canada - Medical | Nursing - General |
| Dewey: 940.547 |
| LCCN: 2007272765 |
| Series: Studies in Canadian Military History |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |