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Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps
by Charissa J. Threat
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Charissa Threat chronicles the experiences of African American female and white male nurses revealing a different type of civil rights story. Their respective campaigns suggest that the civil rights struggles of the 20th century did not always follow a smooth arc towards social justice. By looking at both groups, Threat is highlighting them in a profession that regulated them to the margins. Gender is used to refer to the social construction ideals that define roles/behaviours and obligations of individuals based on biological sex differences. This includes the normative understanding of womanhood and manhood in the United States at that time.
This book arises from the premise that nursing, an occupation traditionally sex- and race-typed white and female, provides a place to examine how gender identities and racial ideologies are contested in mid-twentieth century American society. It links the story of the Army Nurse Corps to critical events in the United States between WW2 and the Vietnam War. Threat reveals how agents of change became defenders of exclusionary practices when the opportunities were extended to men.
I truly enjoyed this book. It was so interesting (and a bit weird) to see White men framed as a struggling minority. Seeing how gender norms really really played a role in nursing does make me wonder about Black male nurses. Threat says that the history of Black male nursing is difficult to trace and there are little to no references of Black male nurses. By looking at nursing in a military role, Threat shifts the focal point to allow readers to see male nurse suffrage. It is fascinating to be in the modern day now looking back. In my mind, we still portray nursing as a more feminine job.
Threat offers insight into how integration campaigns and the history of the ANC over a 30 period help scholars understand a more inclusive civil rights story and the evolution of nursing into a modern profession. "The Civilian nursing profession mirrored attempts to redefine race and gender roles during and after wartime."
This book arises from the premise that nursing, an occupation traditionally sex- and race-typed white and female, provides a place to examine how gender identities and racial ideologies are contested in mid-twentieth century American society. It links the story of the Army Nurse Corps to critical events in the United States between WW2 and the Vietnam War. Threat reveals how agents of change became defenders of exclusionary practices when the opportunities were extended to men.
I truly enjoyed this book. It was so interesting (and a bit weird) to see White men framed as a struggling minority. Seeing how gender norms really really played a role in nursing does make me wonder about Black male nurses. Threat says that the history of Black male nursing is difficult to trace and there are little to no references of Black male nurses. By looking at nursing in a military role, Threat shifts the focal point to allow readers to see male nurse suffrage. It is fascinating to be in the modern day now looking back. In my mind, we still portray nursing as a more feminine job.
Threat offers insight into how integration campaigns and the history of the ANC over a 30 period help scholars understand a more inclusive civil rights story and the evolution of nursing into a modern profession. "The Civilian nursing profession mirrored attempts to redefine race and gender roles during and after wartime."