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  2. National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War

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    Chief among the achievements of this association were the efforts of its leaders to secure recognition and benefits for the women who had served as nurses during the American Civil War. Pensions: In 1892, Congress passed a law which allowed for a pension of $12 per month for all nurses who had been hired and paid by the Government. [ 3 ]

  3. Gender issues in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    During the American Civil War, sexual behavior, gender roles, and attitudes were affected by the conflict, especially by the absence of menfolk at home and the emergence of new roles for women such as nursing. The advent of photography and easier media distribution, for example, allowed for greater access to sexual material for the common soldier.

  4. Nancy M. Hill - Wikipedia

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    Nancy Maria Hill (November 19, 1833 – January 8, 1919) was an American Civil War nurse who later became one of the first women physicians in the United States. She specialized in obstetrics and founded what is now called Hillcrest Family Services, an organization providing support to single mothers and their children in Dubuque, Iowa.

  5. Women of Taunton: Emily Elizabeth Parsons, founder of Mount ...

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    The latest Women of Taunton explores the life and work of Emily Elizabeth Parsons, Civil War nurse and founder of Mount Auburn Hospital.

  6. History of nursing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Lesniak, Rhonda Goodman. "Expanding the role of women as nurses during the American Civil War." Advances in Nursing Science 32.1 (2009): 33-42. online; Maher, Mary Denis. To bind up the wounds: Catholic sister nurses in the US Civil War (LSU Press, 1999). Pokorny, Marie E. "An historical perspective of Confederate nursing during the Civil War ...

  7. Category:American Civil War nurses - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "American Civil War nurses" The following 135 pages are in this category, out of 135 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  8. Mary Ann Bickerdyke - Wikipedia

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    Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War. Roseville, Minnesota: Edinborough Press. ISBN 1-889020-04-4. Massey, Mary Elizabeth (1994). Women in the Civil War. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-8213-3. Schultz, Jane (2004). Women at the Front: Hospital Workers in Civil War America. Chapel Hill: The University of North ...

  9. Jane Renwick Smedburg Wilkes - Wikipedia

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    During the American Civil War, Wilkes was one of the first women volunteers to nurse sick and wounded Confederate soldiers at the Wayside Hospital and the Confederate Military Hospital in Charlotte. [4] [5] Wilkes and the other women volunteers formed the Ladies Hospital Association to provide volunteer nurses at the Confederate hospitals. [4]