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Watch-fires on the Mountains

The life and writings of Ethel Johns
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1973

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The late Ethel Johns LL.B. was a pioneer nurse of the Canadian west whose influential leadership helped to shape the history of nursing in this country during a period of rapid social change in the first half of the twentieth century. This biography reveals her active involvement in nursing affairs at the local, national, and international levels.

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Street Margaret M. :

MARGARET M. STREET has spent many years in teaching and administration in schools of nursing across Canada, and is the author of many articles for nursing periodicals. Now retired, she served as assistant to the director of the University of British Columbia School of Nursing.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Acknowledgments

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    Prologue

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  • PART ONE: 1879-1902
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    1. Childhood

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    2. Life on the Reserve

    10
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    3. Ethel Johns - Pupil Nurse

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  • PART TWO: 1902-1914
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    4. Early Practice of Nursing

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    5. The Nurses' Alumnae Journal of the Winnipeg General Hospital

    41
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    6. High Adventure

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    7. A Champion for Nurse Registration

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    8. The McKellar General Hospital

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  • PART THREE: 1914-1919
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    9. Teachers College, Columbia University

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    10. The Children's Hospital of Winnipeg

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    11. The Manitoba Public Welfare Commission

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    12. An End and a Beginning

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  • PART FOUR: 1919-1925
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    13. The Hospital and the University

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    14. The Department of Nursing of The University of British Columbia

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    15. A Time of Testing

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    16. Ethel Johns Reports

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  • PART FIVE: 1925-1932
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    17. Service under the Rockefeller Foundation

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    18. New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College Association Project

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  • PART SIX: 1933-1944
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    19. Ethel Johns, Editor, The Canadian Nurse

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    20. The Canadian Nurses' Association and the Journal

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    21. A Time for Expansion

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    22. Ethel Johns Off Duty

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    23. Full Flower

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  • PART SEVEN: 1944-1968
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    24. New Horizons

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    25. The Johns Hopkins Project

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    26. Full Circle

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    27. Another Task for Ethel Johns

    267
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    28. The Setting Sun

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    Epilogue

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    Chapter Notes

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    Bibliography

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    Addendum

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    Index

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December 15, 1973
eBook ISBN:
9781487584122
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354
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Heritage
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Heritage
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487584122
eBook ISBN: 9781487584122
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