Divided sisterhood : race, class and gender in the South African nursing profession

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Title:

Divided sisterhood : race, class and gender in the South African nursing profession

Author:

Marks, Shula.

ISBN:

9781868142743

Personal Author:

Marks, Shula.

Publication Information:

Johannesburg : Witwatersrand University Press, c1994.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject Term:

Nursing -- Social aspects -- South Africa.

Nurses -- South Africa -- Public opinion.

Apartheid -- South Africa.

Geographic Term:

South Africa -- Race relations.

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Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Copy	Status
Searching... IIEMSA	General Books	33168023689322	610.730968 M345D 1994	1	Searching... Unknown

A critical account of the history of nursing in South Africa. The book explores the establishment of nursing as a profession for white English-speaking ladies at the end of the 19th century and the class and racial tensions that developed as Afrikaner and black women were drawn into its ranks.

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