Worth a Dozen Men: Women and Nursing in the Civil War South

by Libra R. Hilde

Book Overview

In antebellum society, women were regarded as ideal nurses because of their sympathetic natures. However, they were expected to exercise their talents only in the home; nursing strange men in hospitals was considered inappropriate, if not indecent. Nevertheless, in defiance of tradition, Confederate women set up hospitals early in the Civil War and organized volunteers to care for the increasing number of sick and wounded soldiers. As a fledgling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813932122
• ISBN13: 9780813932125
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher