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<p><p>In antebellum society, women were regarded as ideal nurses because of their sympathetic natures. However, they were expected to exercise their talents only in the home; nursing strange men in hospitals was considered inappropriate, if not indecent. Nevertheless, in defiance of tradition, Confederate women set up hospitals early in the Civil War and organized volunteers to care for the increasing number of sick and wounded soldiers. As a fledgling government engaged in a long and bloody war, the Confederacy relied on this female labor, which prompted a new understanding of women’s place in public life and a shift in gender roles.</p> <p> Challenging the assumption that Southern women’s contributions to the war effort were less systematic and organized than those of Union women, <i>Worth a Dozen Men </i>looks at the Civil War as a watershed moment for Southern women. Female nurses in the South played a critical role in raising army and civilian morale and reducing mortality rates, thus allowing the South to continue fighting. They embodied a new model of heroic energy and nationalism, and came to be seen as the female equivalent of soldiers. Moreover, nursing provided them with

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Author

Libra Rose Hilde

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813932125

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Medical, Nursing