Angels and Citizens: British Women As Military Nurses, 1854-1914 by Anne Summers - 1988-08

UsedGood.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Good with no dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0710214790 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket glue residue, well toned, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "Thus British women prepared for war, seeing it not so much as the organised destruction of mothers' sons, but as symbolising citizenship, social legitimation and personal challenge. If in this they were not very different from their male contemparies, it is because the gap between the social opportunities and expectations of women and men had begun, very slowly, to narrow. The mid-Victorian 'women's mission' was disappearing. But it was not replaced by a strong dissenting feminist voice, or one which had much power to bargain over the conditions of women's participation in the public sphere. After 1902, female nurses were brought into the army hospital system largely as numerical substitutes for men. ... At the heart of these changes and… Read More

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. a few photos & illustrations, index, xii, 371p. dj. 22cm. Minor age-toning.

London: Routledge Kegan & Paul. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0710214790 . 371 pp. Index. Notes and references. Pages tanning. Prev owner's address label on the ffep. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has light edgewear. Book review from the Ontario Society for the History of Nursing laid in. A comprehensive account of the origins and development of British military nursing.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.