An Officer and a Lady
| Author | : Cynthia Toman |
| Publisher | : UBC Press |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2008-05-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780774858168 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0774858168 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Download or read book An Officer and a Lady written by Cynthia Toman and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2008-05-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. They served in all three armed force branches and all the major theatres of war, yet nursing as a form of war work has long been under-explored. An Officer and a Lady fills that gap. 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."
