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Author:

Hilde, Libra Rose.

Title:

Worth a dozen men : women and nursing in the Civil War South / Libra R. Hilde.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

viii, 317 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Confederate States of America.--Army--Nurses.
Military nursing--Southern States--History--19th century.
Military hospitals--Southern States--History--19th century.
Women--Southern States--History--19th century.
United States--Medical care.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
United States--Women.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
United States--Hospitals.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

State and private hospitals -- Matrons' work -- Becoming a nurse -- Ideal nursing -- Civilian women and Confederate medical care -- The hospital labor dilemma -- Conflict and cooperation -- Nursing and personal growth -- Aftermath and social change.

Series:

A nation divided: Studies in the Civil War era

ISBN:

0813932122 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813932125 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)746618732

LCCN:

2011031969

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)