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An officer and a lady
Author OL5137758A
First published 2007
"During the Second World War; more than 4,000 civilian nurses enlisted as Nursing Sisters, a specially created all-female officers' rank of the Canadian Armed Forces. Cynthia Toman analyzes how gender, war, and medical technology intersected to create a legitimate role for women in the masculine environment of the military and explores the incongruous expectations placed on military nurses as "officers and ladies.""--Jacket.
Subjects
CanadaCanada. Canadian Armed ForcesFemale ParticipationHistoryMedical careMilitary nursingNursesParticipation, FemaleWorld War, 1939-1945World war, 1939-1945, medical careWorld war, 1939-1945, canadaCanada, canadian armyWorld War IIWomen