nurses

Describes the life and work of Florence Nightingale, the nineteenth-century English woman considered to be the founder of modern nursing.

Examines the mystery surrounding Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day at the end of World War II, describing the people who claimed to be in the photograph and their backgrounds.

Lynda Van Devanter tells of joining the Army as a nurse in 1969 and serving for a year in Vietnam, and discusses the effects of the experience on her life.

A biography of the former U.S. Army colonel who had a long and distinguished career as a nurse, until she revealed that she was a lesbian.

Collects the personal experiences of a former CALSTAR (San Francisco area) emergency flight nurse.

A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse.

Follows the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.

Describes how loss and regret influence family life in a farming community through the visits traveling nurse Anne Quenneville makes to her patients.

A collection of letters in which Louisa May Alcott recounts the experiences she had while serving as an army nurse during the Civil War.