USAHEC: History of U.S. Army Nurses: OVERVIEW

Introduction

U.S. Army Nurses Reference Bibliography
Serves as the basis for this LibGuide

Women in the United States Military: An Annotated Bibliography by Judith Bellafaire
Call Number: Ridgway Hall Z7963.S55 B45 2011
(New York, NY: Routledge, 2011).

USAHEC Collections

Army Nurse Corps Collection
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4 boxes. Archival.
Finding Aid
Women in the Service Photograph Collection
5 boxes. Archival.
Box 1: Army Nurse Corps

Anna Mae McCabe Hays Papers
1 box. Archival.
Served in World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War.
Brigadier General, 13th Chief, Army Nurse Corps

AWC Student Papers

Lessons Learned by the Army Nurses in Combat: A Historical Analysis
Susan C. McCall. Study Project (Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 1993).
Promotion of Entrepreneurial Behavior in the Army Nurse Executive: One Answer to Lessening the Impact of the Nurse Shortage
Barbara J. Smith. Study Project (Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 1989).

Books

33 Years of Army Nursing: An Interview with Brigadier General Lillian Dunlap by Lillian Dunlap
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH493.D87
(Washington, DC: Army Nurse Corps, 2001).
Accent on You: The Story of Nursing Opportunities in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps by U.S. Army Nurse Corps
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH493 .A33 1953
(Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 1953).
The Army Health Nurse as a Member of the Public Health Team by Elizabeth A. Pagels
Call Number: Ridgway Hall RA645.5 .M34 no.590
(Washington, D.C.: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1958).
The Challenge: Autobiography of Colonel Margaret E. Bailey: First Black Nurse Promoted to Colonel in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps by Margaret E. Bailey
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH347.B35 A3 1999
(Lisle, IL: Tucker Publications, 1999).
Dressed for Duty: America's women in uniform, 1898-1973. by Jill Halcomb-Smith
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UC483 .S649 2001
ISBN: 0912138815
(San Jose, CA: R.J. Bender, 2001).
Heritage of Leadership: Army Nurse Corps Biographies by Dorothy B. Pocklington, editor
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH493 .H47 2004
(Ellicott, MD: ALDOT, 2004).
Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps by Carolyn M. Feller and Constance J. Moore, editors
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH493.H54 1995
(Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1995).
Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps by Elizabeth A. Shields, editor
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH493 .H54 1981
(Washington, DC: CMH, 1981).
A History of the U. S. Army Nurse Corps by Mary T. Sarnecky
Call Number: Ridgway - UH493 .S27 1999
ISBN: 0812235029
Publication Date: 1999
The Job of the Registered Nurse by U.S. War Manpower Commission and the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel
Call Number: Ridgway Hall HF5382.5.U5 O32 no. 33
(U.S. G.P.O., 1945).
Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps by Charissa J. Threat
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH493.T57 2015
(Campaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2015).
Opinions of Army Nurse Corps Officers
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH493 .O64 1948
(Washington, D.C.: Special Staff, U.S. Army, Army-AF Troop Inf. And Education Div., Troop Attitude Research Branch, 1948).
Structure Analysis and Program Planning Study of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) by John W. Rowen
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UM293 .R68 1973
(Washington, D.C.: National Bureau of Standards, 1973).
Uniforms of the Army Nurse Corps, 1921 to 1944
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UM293.U52
(Tualatin, OR: Reprint of 1944 study, 1984).

U.S. Army Publications

The Tradition and Destiny of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps
U.S. Army, Recruiting Publicity Bureau. Brochure, 1949.
Ridgway Hall UM293.T72
Army Nurse Corps History, 1775-1948
U.S. Dept of Army. OCMH. Photocopy of draft, n.d.
Ridgway Hall UM293.A75
Vol. 1 covers up to WWI and Vol. 12 is an index.

Articles

"The Many Worlds of the Army Nurse."
Army Information Digest (Dec 1963): 10-19.
"Combat Nurses: You Won't Be Alone."
Sharon I. Richie. Military Review (Jan 1989): 65-73.

Dissertations

Websites

Arlington National Cemetery Nurses Memorial
Army Nurse Corps Collection Finding Aid
U.S. AMEDD Office of Medical History
Fort Sam Houston, TX
Army Nurse Corps History
U.S. AMEDD Office of Medical History
Brigadier General Anna Mae McCabe Hays
First woman in the United States Armed Forces to hold the insignia of a brigadier general.
U.S. Army Medical Department: Army Nurse Corps
U.S. Army Nurse Corps Facebook Page
The Army Nurse Corps Association
Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps, Beginnings to 1940