Taking Charge: Nursing, Suffrage, And Feminism In America, 1873-1920 (development Of American Feminism)

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Cover Taking Charge Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Series Editor's Foreword Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Glossary Chapter I From Separate to Active Spheres Women in the Nineteenth Century The Modern Nursing Movement The Woman Suffrage Movement Notes Chapter II Emancipation Through Organization The Superintendents' Society and Its Impact on the Nursing Profession The Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada and the Concerns of Women in the Nursing Profession The Associated Alumnae and the Superintendents' Society Affiliate as the American Federation of Nurses Associated Alumnae Establish the American Journal of Nursing The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses and the Concerns of Women of Color in the Nursing Profession National Organization for Public Health Nursing Professional Organizations Find Their Political Voice Notes Chapter III The Formative Years: Nursing and Suffrage, 1893-1910 Notes Chapter IV The Expanding Years: Nursing Supports Suffrage, 1911-1920 First Years After the "Doldrums" Nurses Support Woman Suffrage Resolution Notes Chapter V Taking Charge Nursism Notes Appendix A Graduation Diploma from Boston City Hospital Training School 1897 Appendix B Sampling of Women's Groups Formed up to 1920 Appendix C Nursing Organizations and Affiliations with Women's Councils Appendix D Invitation to Attend the First Meeting of the Superintendents' Society Appendix E Officers for Next Annual Meeting Appointed or Elected January 11, 1894 Appendix F Timeline: Woman Movement Appendix G Timeline: Modern Nursing Movement Appendix H Timeline: Professional Nursing Organizations Appendix I Timeline: Opening of Nurses Training Schools Illustrations Index First Published in 1994. Part of the series on the Development of American Feminism, Sandra Lewenson's Taking Charge is the first in this series, and the selection reflects the intent to assist in enlarging our general understanding of an often overlooked presence of feminism in such professional activities as those of the Modern Nursing Movement in the United States from the Gilded Era to World War I. This work will greatly enlightened the reader regarding the struggles and accomplishments of women in nursing. Begins a series that will sample the whole range of feminist issues, biographies, activities, organizations and theories in the US. The first offering explores the highly supportive role of nursing associations in the suffrage movement from the opening of the first Nightingale-influenced nursing school to the day women voted. Also shows the parallels between nurses struggling for professional recognition within the medical establishment, and women struggling for political recognition in the society as a whole