Religion, gender, and autonomy: A comparison of two religious women's groups in nursing and hospitals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Marshall, Elaine Sorensen ^a   Wall, Barbra Mann ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

American West; Catholic nuns; History; Hospitals; Mormon women; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING STAFF; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RELIGION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CATHOLICISM; CHRISTIANITY; CLERGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0033185987     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-199909000-00003     Document Type: Review

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