Our Army Nurses

By Mary Gardner Holland

Subjects: Biography, Women, Hospitals, Nurses, Medical care, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Military nursing, History, Personal narratives

Description: The Civil War provided women with an opportunity to enter the field of medicine and laid the groundwork for the development of the nursing profession. This book provides biographical sketches on women such as Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix, who provided nursing care during the Civil War.