Sentimental women need not apply

Duration: 60

Year Published: 1988

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: sound

Description: This comprehensive documentary on the evolution of nursing from 19th-century domestic chore to 20th-century profession juxtaposes contemporary interviews with archival footage, photographs and movie clips. Nursing historians and philosophers trace the beginnings of the American nursing profession during the Civil War, and chart the development of hospital nursing schools, the contributions of nurses during wartime, the discrimination experienced by black nurses and the complex problems faced by the nursing profession today.

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