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1940's: The Country Goes to War: World War II - http://www.nursingworld.org/centenn/cent1940.htm
From NursingWorld, ANA Centennial: Voices from the past...visions of the future.

Angels of Mercy: Nurses' Tales - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/sfeature/sf_dispatches.html
Personal stories from four army nurses who were engaged in the European Theater during World War II. From The American Experience a PBS feature: Guts and Glory.

Army Nurse Corps - http://www.army.mil/women/nurses.html
Officially established by an Act of Congress, February 2, 1901. United States Army Nurses - professionals serving mankind whether during times of conflict or peace.

Australian Nurses in Vietnam - http://users.mildura.net.au/users/marshall/nurses/nurses.htm
Stories from Australian nurses who served in Vietnam from 1964 to 1972.

Civil War Nurses - http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarnurses.htm
Discusses conditions and contributions of the approximately two thousand woman who volunteered in military hospitals during the Civil War.

Five Nurses from St. Lawrence County - http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/nurses.htm
Women in the Civil War: A Women of Courage profile, produced by the St. Lawrence County, NY Branch of the American Association of University Women.

H-Minerva Discussion Network - http://www.h-net.org/~minerva/
Information on the study of women and war and women in the military, worldwide and in all historical areas. Affiliated with the Minerva Center, a non-profit educational foundation.

Images - WWII Nurses in Movietone Newsreels - http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue03/features/nurses1.htm
A story, with vintage photographs, discussing how nurses were featured in newsreels during the war.

In-Country Women - http://grunt.space.swri.edu/women.htm
Moving stories, images and poems written by or dedicated to the Nurses "in country" during the Vietnam war.

Mademoiselle Miss - http://www.vlib.us/medical/MMiss.htm
A collection of letters from an American nurse serving in France during World War I.

Mary Seacole - http://www.btinternet.com/~ardena/mary_seacole.htm
Discusses the background and challenges for this nurse from Jamaica who became a healer during the Crimean War. Includes photos.

Military Nurses in Vietnam - http://www.illyria.com/vnwnurse.html
This page is dedicated to the Red Cross, Special Services, Army Nurse Corps, and other civilian and military women who served in Vietnam.

Military Women in Vietnam - http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvetsnam.html
In Vietnam, Army, Navy and Air Force Nurses and Medical Specialists numbered over six thousand. This page discusses all women who served in Vietnam from 1964 to 1973.

Pearl Harbor Attack - http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-3b.htm
December 7, 1941: Excerpt from Oral History of LT Ruth Erickson, NC (Nurse Corps), USN. She was a nurse at the Naval Hospital Pearl Harbor during the attack.

The Army Nurse Corps in World War II - http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/72-14/72-14.htm
A well compiled site which includes a brief overview, early operations in the pacific, black army nurses, Sicily and Southern Italy operations, the European theater and vintage photographs.

What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: A Psychiatric Nurse in the Philippines - http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/Philippines.html
A story by Kathy O'Grady describing Lucile Sponner Votta's journey and experiences in the Philippines.

Women in World War One - http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets4.html
In 1901 and 1908 the establishment of the Army and Navy Nurse Corps opened the door for women in the military. These were the first women in the U.S to be admitted to some military rank and status.

World War II: Navy Nurse - http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq87-3b.htm
U.S. Navy Nurse in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Recollections of CAPT Ann Bernatitus, NC, USN of her experiences in the Philippines, Bataan, Corregidor, and Okinawa.

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