Introduction. Constructing a New History of Nursing 1. ‘The search for self-esteem’ 2. ‘The majority are ladies, a great many domestics’ 3. Probationer Schemes: education or cheap labour? 4. ‘Treat Your Good Nurses Well’: a recipe for nurse retention 5. The Development of Nursing as a Career 6. A Quest for Independence
Sue Hawkins is a researcher at Kingston University, UK.
'The book is produced to a high standard. Each chapter is followed
by a fascinating one-page pen portrait of a nurse whose life story
Dr Hawkins has reconstructed. The absorption of such accounts (or
extracts from them) into the text would have further animated the
argument, which is well supported by graphs and occasional
illustrations.' - Anne Borsay, Medical History Journal'Sue Hawkins
has produced an important addition to nursing history, which
demonstrates persuasively the benefits of engaging with the broader
historical context.' - Anne Borsay, Medical History Journal
"Trained historians like Hawkins are bringing new perspectives, new
questions, and new methods to bear on issues that the history of
nursing is uniquely positioned to address.' - Patricia D’Antonio,
Nursing History Review 'This book is, in the end, only about one
group of women—those of St. George’s. They are a fascinating group,
many of whom, with Hawkins’ new questions and techniques, come
across as fully developed individuals with lives before, during,
and after training. At this point, we do not know how reflective
they and their experiences are of women who trained in other London
hospitals, such as Guy’s or St. Bartholomew’s, or those who trained
in smaller and different kinds of hospitals throughout England.
However, we do now know the strengths of microhistory and the value
of census data in allowing us to access the lives of women who
chose to work as nurses." - Patricia D’Antonio, Nursing History
Review
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