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Nursing and Women's Labour in the Nineteenth Century - The Quest for Independence (Hardcover, New)
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Nursing and Women's Labour in the Nineteenth Century - The Quest for Independence (Hardcover, New)
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This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which
challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and
motivation. 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. This emphasis on big themes, and reliance on the
writings of nursing's upper stratum, has resulted in nursing
history being littered with stereotypes. 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. 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. Using St George's
Hospital, London as a case study, the book explores the evolution
of nurse recruitment, training, conditions of employment and career
development in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Pioneering prosopographical techniques, which combined archival
material with census data to create a database of named nurses,
have enabled the generation - for the first time - of biographies
of ordinary nurses. Sue Hawkins' findings belie the picture of
nursing as a profession dominated by middle class women. Nursing
was a melting pot of social classes, with promotion and opportunity
extended to all women on the basis of merit alone. This pioneering
work will interest students and researchers in nursing history, the
social and cultural history of Victorian England and women's
studies.
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