Letter Of A Civil War Nurse

One aspect of nursing that has changed since the early 1800’s is nursing education. There was no question about the credibility of the women providing care to soldiers after the war. For many years untrained nurses and consequently nursing students cared the sick without any supervision. In 1873, the need for educated nurses was sought but was opposed by untrained physicians who thought trained nurses would pose a threat to their jobs (Gary & Hott, 1988). “Nurses have evolved

Although Martha Custis Washington is most widely known for being George Washington's wife, she was also a “selfless, courageous and patriotic American” (allthingsliberty.com). Martha joined the army camp and “looked after the soldiers enlisted in the War” (mapsofworld.com) as well as her own husband. Nurses were preferred to be women because “woman nursing meant one more man freed for fighting in the line” (www.history.org) Being a nurse wasn’t an easy job to say the least, there were threats of camp fever or other sickness and diseases all around them. This is why many women didn't want to join the cause as a nurse “despite the opportunity for food and pay” (historyofmassachusetts.org). The soldiers were in deep need of a nurse but lucky for them Martha was “indispensable as a nurse and comfort to Washington and his men” (allthingsliberty.com) She would work all day and night providing the soldiers with medical and spirit lifting care and comfort. Martha was a great example of a capable nurse who was a big influence in the revolutionary

Nursing was a very important job during Civil War time. If it wasn't for the nurses including Dorothea Dix many people would have died if it wasn't for the nurses. SO i really do hope that you are thankful for all of the nurses in the civil war time because they risked their life for you.

Clara Barton was a nurse in the Civil War and helped take care of soldiers, whether they were on the field or not. She brought her own supplies to help the soldiers. She brought food and bedding supplies. Barton also helped the soldiers in hospitals and the confederate soldiers in jail, as well. Clara Barton impacted the health of soldiers on and off the field.

Tessa Carr Mrs. Hauge Fourth hour April 27, 2015 Clara Barton Biography Clarissa Harlowe Barton contributed her time to cure wounded soldiers and discover better opportunities for the people of the United States. Clara Barton was a significant woman in history. She spent most of her time helping others and never got to have the experience of having kids or being married, but she did many life changing things for people across America.(Find a bible verse to go along) She devoted her life helping others and put everyone’s life and needs before hers.

The Vietnam War was the longest war ever fought by U.S. military forces. U.S. personnel were engaged from 1961 until 1973. Approximately 10,000 U.S. military women served in Vietnam during the war. Most were members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps. All of the Army nurses were volunteers who attended a six-week basic training class, and then were assigned to one-year stunts in Vietnam hospitals and mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) units. Most of these nurses were fresh out of nursing school, some with less than six months of clinical experience. These nurses were not prepared for the physical and emotional wounds that they would have to heal.

The war brought new changes to the South and women often found themselves in new forms of employments. “Southern women assumed new roles during the Civil War, ranging from nursing to managing plantations.” The majority of employments that were commonly seen for women in the South during the Civil War included teaching, government jobs, nurses, and plantation workers. The majority of women in the Southern states found themselves taking care of and managing plantations. Females took care of crops and all rural work while men were away. Letters of females living in Indiana reveal information about their everyday

Many women contributed in the Revolutionary War but not many are given enough credit. Woman who had followed the army were referred to as “camp followers”. Females who followed Washington’s army were seeking safety, shelter, food, and work. They need the army and though Washington and other soldiers did not like to admit it, the army needed them. Now I’m going to speak about some of the role the female soldiers played in the Revolutionary War.

An outlet that Alcott and many other women utilized to truly be a part of the war was medicine which enabled them to work on the battlefields and see the bloodshed first-hand. Since large numbers of men on both the Confederate and Union side were wounded and killed, and hospitals were overflowing with recovering soldiers and more staff was needed. Although many societal constraints made it difficult for women to enter the medical field, fierce leaders such as Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton paved the way for future women to work alongside men as medical professionals. Overall, the general perspectives regarding female nurses are evident in personal narratives as well as historical literature. These sources provide us with a deeper insight into the challenges women faced and how their actions paved the way for future

In Susie King Taylor’s Memoir, we are submerged into a vivid retelling of an African American woman’s experience during her time serving as a nurse and laundress for African American infantries during the Civil War. Taylor describes in great detail what life was like for the African American soldiers whom she would care for during their battles against the rebels of the confederacy. Taylor also shares what her own life was like prior to, during, and after her time as an infantry worker. Taylor’s personal story parallels the lives of many African Americans during the civil war era, and the array of social challenges African Americans were forced to endure day in and day out. As we look into this great recollection of history, it is important to understand the significant influence education had over Taylor. During Taylor’s lifetime, education granted her the ability to survive during her time working for the military, educate those around that were around her, and formulate her own life experiences into literature.

Clara Barton was a Union nurse who assisted soldiers, usually on the front lines, unlike most nurses at many battles of the Civil War, including Antietam where she was referred to as the “angel of the battlefield”. Clara also helped found the Red Cross and helped identify dead bodies at the Andersonville prison. Clara helped by bringing supplies and tending to wounded or dying soldiers, sometimes moving them to avoid a battle to come.

The Civil War was the bloodiest, most gruesome war in American history. The war had the people of the United States dreaming of a new era, a modern age were their children could live a brighter future. The medical care during the Civil War was evolving and growing. Advances in medical care such as amputations, sheltering, and procedures helped reduce the casualties suffered in this war. On the other side of the war advances in weaponry made it harder for already primitive medical treatment.

Not only was this a very important role to the Civil War as many soldiers dies from sickness, it also has been recorded that having these nurses during the wartime usually helped in boosting the morale of the soldiers. Women were also often on the field during battles and risking their own lives so that they would be able to get to wounded soldiers as fast as possible. There were also women known as “daughters of the regiment”. These were women who chose to follow the Union or Confederate armies into the field and provide services for the soldiers. Amanda Akin, a woman who served as a nurse during the Civil War, wrote about her experience.

A Comparison of Linda Kealy’s and Elizabeth Domm’s Essay In “On the Edge of Empire”, Linda Kealy discusses the work of Myra Bennett, a nurse-midwife who worked in remote areas of Newfoundland from 1921 to 1953. Throughout her essay she discusses the challenges faced by healthcare professionals, the influence of the British Empire, and the role of the nurse-midwife in remote communities (Kealy, 2010). For these reasons, Kealy does a better job at representing the history of nursing at this time than Elizabeth Domm in “From the Streets of Toronto to the Northwest Rebellion”. While Domm’s essay discusses the effects of war on the nursing profession, Kealy’s work is more encompassing and relatable to modern nursing (Domm, 2010).

Lisa Tendrich Frank in her article about women in the south mentioned how “…slaveholding women across Georgia pushed the men of their families to support secession by appealing to their sense of familial duty” (Frank). When the war first started, Southern women would shame those who didn’t want to fight into serving (Frank). These women would also hold banquets and dances as fundraisers to support the troops who were fighting (Frank). In addition, to fulfill the duties left behind by the men who went off to fight, white women became nurses to aid directly in the fight against the Union (Frank). The strength of the women who served as nurses during the Civil War is portrayed through Clara Barton’s poem called “The Women Who Went to the Field” that she wrote in