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Nursing history has principally concentrated on leaders, the development of the profession and politics around registration. This is one of the first attempts to understand the true nature of Victorian nursing at ground level. It will interest those researching nursing history, the social and cultural history and women's studies.

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'The book is produced to a high standard. Each chapter is followed by a fascinating one-page pen portrait of a nurse whose life story Dr Hawkins has reconstructed. The absorption of such accounts (or extracts from them) into the text would have further animated the argument, which is well supported by graphs and occasional illustrations.' - Anne Borsay, Medical History Journal 'Sue Hawkins has produced an important addition to nursing history, which demonstrates persuasively the benefits of engaging with the broader historical context.' - Anne Borsay, Medical History Journal Trained historians like Hawkins are bringing new perspectives, new questions, and new methods to bear on issues that the history of nursing is uniquely positioned to address.' - Patricia D'Antonio, Nursing History Review 'This book is, in the end, only about one group of women-those of St. George's. They are a fascinating group, many of whom, with Hawkins' new questions and techniques, come across as fully developed individuals with lives before, during, and after training. At this point, we do not know how reflective they and their experiences are of women who trained in other London hospitals, such as Guy's or St. Bartholomew's, or those who trained in smaller and different kinds of hospitals throughout England. However, we do now know the strengths of microhistory and the value of census data in allowing us to access the lives of women who chose to work as nurses. - Patricia D'Antonio, Nursing History Review

Sue Hawkins has produced an important addition to nursing history, which demonstrates persuasively the benefits of engaging with the broader historical context. --Medical History, 55(3), July 2011 Trained historians like Hawkins are bringing new perspectives, new questions, and new methods to bear on issues that the history of nursing is uniquely positioned to address. - Patricia D'Antonio, Nursing History Review 2011 This book is, in the end, only about one group of women--those of St. George's. They are a fascinating group, many of whom, with Hawkins' new questions and techniques, come across as fully developed individuals with lives before, during, and after training. At this point, we do not know how reflective they and their experiences are of women who trained in other London hospitals, such as Guy's or St. Bartholomew's, or those who trained in smaller and different kinds of hospitals throughout England. However, we do now know the strengths of microhistory and the value of census data in allowing us to access the lives of women who chose to work as nurses. - Patricia D'Antonio, Nursing History Review 2011

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Kingston University, UK

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