An officer and a lady : Canadian military nursing and the Second World War

Toman, Cynthia 1948- (Author).

Summary: "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. 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." --BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780774814478
ISBN: 0774814470
Physical Description: print
ix, 261 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. "Ready, Aye Ready": Enlisting Nurses -- 2. Incorporating Nurses into the Military -- 3. Shaping Nursing Sisters as "Officers" and "Ladies" -- 4. Legitimating Military Nursing Work -- 5. "The Strain of Peace": Community and Social Memory -- App. Biographical Profiles of Interviewed Nursing Sisters.
Action Note:	Committed to retain 20170101 20321231 COPPUL SPAN Monograph