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Nurses in the Spanish-American War
Presented by Vickie Sheets, JD, BSN, BA '72
In the American Civil War, the military was reluctant to use female nurses. By the start of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the military sought to contract with professionally trained nurses to serve sick and wounded soldiers. This presentation will explain what had changed and how the excellent service of nurses in this short war contributed to the creation of the Army and Navy Nurse Corps in the early 1900s.
This is a virtual program and the zoom link will be shared a week prior to the presentation.