Nursing civil rights : gender and race in the Army Nurse Corps
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Published
Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2015].
ISBN
9780252039201, 0252039203, 9780252080777, 0252080777
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Prairie State College - Stacks | UH493 .T57 2015 | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
African American women -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Male nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Military nursing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex role in the work environment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Army -- Nurses -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Army Nurse Corps -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Male nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Military nursing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex role in the work environment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Army -- Nurses -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Army Nurse Corps -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.
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Published
Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2015].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 198 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780252039201, 0252039203, 9780252080777, 0252080777
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index.
Description
In Nursing Civil Rights, Charissa J. Threat investigates the parallel battles against occupational segregation by African American women and white men in the U.S. Army. As Threat reveals, both groups viewed their circumstances with the Army Nurse Corps as a civil rights matter. Each conducted separate integration campaigns to end the discrimination they suffered. Yet their stories defy the narrative that civil rights struggles inevitably arced toward social justice. Threat tells how progressive elements in the campaigns did indeed break down barriers in both military and civilian nursing. At the same time, she follows conservative threads to portray how some of the women who succeeded as agents of change became defenders of exclusionary practices when men sought military nursing careers. The ironic result was a struggle that simultaneously confronted and reaffirmed the social hierarchies that nurtured discrimination.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Threat, C. J. (2015). Nursing civil rights: gender and race in the Army Nurse Corps . University of Illinois Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Threat, Charissa J., 1976-. 2015. Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps. University of Illinois Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Threat, Charissa J., 1976-. Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps University of Illinois Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Threat, Charissa J. Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps University of Illinois Press, 2015.
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