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Officer, Nurse, Woman
Kara Dixon Vuic
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Description for Officer, Nurse, Woman
Officer, Nurse, Woman brings to light the nearly forgotten contributions of brave nurses who risked their lives to bring medical care to soldiers during a terrible-and divisive-war. Series: War/Society/Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWT; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
"'I never got a chance to be a girl,' Kate O'Hare Palmer lamented, thirty-four years after her tour as an army nurse in Vietnam. Although proud of having served, she felt that the war she never understood had robbed her of her innocence and forced her to grow up too quickly. As depicted in a photograph taken late in her tour, long hours in the operating room exhausted her both physically and mentally. Her tired eyes and gaunt face reflected th e weariness she felt after treating countless patients, some dying, some maimed, all, like her, forever changed. Still, she ... Read more
"'I never got a chance to be a girl,' Kate O'Hare Palmer lamented, thirty-four years after her tour as an army nurse in Vietnam. Although proud of having served, she felt that the war she never understood had robbed her of her innocence and forced her to grow up too quickly. As depicted in a photograph taken late in her tour, long hours in the operating room exhausted her both physically and mentally. Her tired eyes and gaunt face reflected th e weariness she felt after treating countless patients, some dying, some maimed, all, like her, forever changed. Still, she ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
War/Society/Culture
Number of Pages
304
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801893919
SKU
V9780801893919
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Ref
99-46
About Kara Dixon Vuic
Kara Dixon Vuic is an assistant professor of history at Bridgewater College.
Reviews for Officer, Nurse, Woman
Vuic offers an important new contribution to how we understand women's participation in the U.S. military after World War II.
Tanya L. Roth H-Minerva, H-Net Reviews 2010 Vuic's book is important reading for anyone wanting a more thorough understanding of more than just the Vietnam War or nursing history. Its relevance also encompasses enduring complexities of gender, cultural representations, ... Read more
Tanya L. Roth H-Minerva, H-Net Reviews 2010 Vuic's book is important reading for anyone wanting a more thorough understanding of more than just the Vietnam War or nursing history. Its relevance also encompasses enduring complexities of gender, cultural representations, ... Read more