Crescent City Nightingales: Gender, Race, Class and the Professionalization of Nursing for Women in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1881-1950

Through the examination of primary sources largely overlooked by historians, this dissertation traces the professionalization of nursing in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1881 to 1950 while placing this localized history within the context of national trends. In the late nineteenth century, nursing de...

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Main Author: Fortier, Paula A
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UNO 2014
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1916
http://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2986&context=td