Nursing and Women's Labour in the Nineteenth Century Hawkins SuePaperback
Nursing and Women's Labour in the Nineteenth Century Hawkins SuePaperback This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and…
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Nursing and Women's Labour in the Nineteenth Century Hawkins SuePaperback
This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and motivation. This emphasis on big themes, and reliance on the writings of nursing's upper stratum, has resulted in nursing history being littered with stereotypes. Nineteenth century nursing history has, until now, concentrated almost exclusively on nurse leaders, on the development of nursing as a profession and the politics surrounding registration.
Nursing is placed in the wider context of women's role in British society, and the changing prospects for female employment in the high Victorian period. This book is one of the first attempts to understand, in detail, the true nature of Victorian nursing at ground level.Uniquely, the study views nursing through an economic lens, as opposed to the more usual vocational focus. Using St George's Hospital,
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