The Cadet Nurse Corps in Arizona: A History of Service

The Cadet Nurse Corps in Arizona: A History of Service

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Publication Date: 7th March 2016

Congress established the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II to meet the high demand for medical care. The first federal women's education program, it included a nondiscrimination policy decades before the civil rights movement. The trailblazing cadets and innovative healthcare practices at the five participating teaching hospitals in Arizona left a lasting national legacy. Sage Memorial Hospital was the country's only accredited nursing school for Native Americans. Santa Monica's Hospital and nursing school was the first to integrate west of the Mississippi. The daughter of a Navajo me... Read More
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Congress established the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II to meet the high demand for medical care. The first federal women's education program, it included a nondiscrimination policy decades before the civil rights movement. The trailblazing cadets and innovative healthcare practices at the five participating teaching hospitals in Arizona left a lasting national legacy. Sage Memorial Hospital was the country's only accredited nursing school for Native Americans. Santa Monica's Hospital and nursing school was the first to integrate west of the Mississippi. The daughter of a Navajo me... Read More
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Congress established the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II to meet the high demand for medical care. The first federal women's education program, it included a nondiscrimination policy decades before the civil rights movement. The trailblazing cadets and innovative healthcare practices at the five participating teaching hospitals in Arizona left a lasting national legacy. Sage Memorial Hospital was the country's only accredited nursing school for Native Americans. Santa Monica's Hospital and nursing school was the first to integrate west of the Mississippi. The daughter of a Navajo medicine man, U.S. Army Nurse Corps second lieutenant Adele Slivers helped bridge a gap between traditional healing practices and modern medicine. Arizona author Elsie Szecsy details momentous local challenges and achievements from this pivotal era in American medicine.
Details
  • Pages: 176
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: Military
  • Publication Date: 7th March 2016
  • State: Arizona
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467118255
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
    MEDICAL / Nursing / Nurse & Patient
    HISTORY / Military / World War II
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Author Bio
Elsie Szecsy is an academic professional emerita at Arizona State University and was previously a middle school teacher, distance education program administrator and teacher educator in New York state. She curates the uscadetnurse.org website, a collection of stories and other resources about the corps. She has also spoken about the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps through Arizona Speaks, a program of Arizona Humanities, and at a number of academic gatherings. Dr. Szecsy lives in Tempe, Arizona.
Congress established the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II to meet the high demand for medical care. The first federal women's education program, it included a nondiscrimination policy decades before the civil rights movement. The trailblazing cadets and innovative healthcare practices at the five participating teaching hospitals in Arizona left a lasting national legacy. Sage Memorial Hospital was the country's only accredited nursing school for Native Americans. Santa Monica's Hospital and nursing school was the first to integrate west of the Mississippi. The daughter of a Navajo medicine man, U.S. Army Nurse Corps second lieutenant Adele Slivers helped bridge a gap between traditional healing practices and modern medicine. Arizona author Elsie Szecsy details momentous local challenges and achievements from this pivotal era in American medicine.
  • Pages: 176
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: Military
  • Publication Date: 7th March 2016
  • State: Arizona
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467118255
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
    MEDICAL / Nursing / Nurse & Patient
    HISTORY / Military / World War II
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Elsie Szecsy is an academic professional emerita at Arizona State University and was previously a middle school teacher, distance education program administrator and teacher educator in New York state. She curates the uscadetnurse.org website, a collection of stories and other resources about the corps. She has also spoken about the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps through Arizona Speaks, a program of Arizona Humanities, and at a number of academic gatherings. Dr. Szecsy lives in Tempe, Arizona.