Print version: Whelan, Jean C. Nursing the Nation New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press,c2021 ISBN 9781978821781
Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Have Cap Will Travel: How and Why Nurses Became Professionals -- Chapter 2. Starting Out: Organizing the Work and the Profession -- Chapter 3. Supplying Nurses: The Central Registry Business -- Chapter 4. Surpluses, Shortages, and Segregation -- Chapter 5. Private Duty’s Golden Age -- Chapter 6. The Great Depression: Collapse, Resurrection, and Success -- Chapter 7. More and More (and Better) Nurses -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Series List.