Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations and Tables vi
4. Acknowledgments viii
5. Abbreviations x
6. Introduction 3
7. “Ready, Aye Ready”: Enlisting Nurses 13
8. Incorporating Nurses into the Military 52
9. Shaping Nursing Sisters as “Officers” and “Ladies” 92
10. Legitimating Military Nursing Work 117
11. “The Strain of Peace”: Community and Social Memory 168
12. Conclusion 200
13. Appendix: Biographical Profiles of Interviewed Nursing Sisters 206
14. Notes 216
15. Selected Bibliography 240
16. Index 251
17. Studies in Canadian Military History 262