The Canadian Nursing Service and the British War Office: The Debate over Awarding the Military Cross, 1918

TitleThe Canadian Nursing Service and the British War Office: The Debate over Awarding the Military Cross, 1918
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsFowler, Robert
JournalCanadian Military History
Volume14
Issue4
Pagination31-42
Date Published04/2012
Abstract

Nursing sisters had certainly proved their value to the military medical services in this war. Nonetheless...a traditional military hierarchy, unused to such a large female presence so near the front line, had problems in moving beyond established concepts of gender and to place nurses' achievements on a par with that of their male colleagues, at least in so far as gallantry decorations were concerned. The relatively fledgling Canadian military system seemed initially to have been less willing to submit to such distinctions, but in the end bowed to the weight of established orthodoxy. [Author]

URLhttp://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol14/iss4/4/
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