Browse Collections (9 total)

In the Line of Duty

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This collection contains text, images, and other materials showing the multiple different places and ways in which US nurses serving in World War II…

Instruments of Healing

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This collection outlines only a few of the medical supplies and equipment used during World War II. Nurses would have either used these supplies…

Light in the Dark

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This small collection gives viewers a glimpse of the positive impact nurses serving the United States in World War II had on those they interacted…

Nurse Profiles

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This collection contains brief explanations with images of the stories of some of the brave women who chose to step out and serve others both…

Taking Care of the Essentials

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This collection of photographs and objects is meant to represent to interested viewers the myriad items and experiences that made up everyday…

The Horrors of War

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The following collection of photographs, posters, and comic pages lays out the narratives of several dark, negative, and dangerous experiences…

The Look and Sound of Nurses in WWII

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This collection contains the sheet music and an instrumental recording of the "Song of the Army Nurse Corps," along with photographs and illustrations…

Uncle Sam Wants YOU!

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This collection is focused on representing only a few of the many posters and methods used to recruit nurses during World War II. Most of these…

What It Takes

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This collection of images represents the types of experiences women had when they were recruited and training to be nurses during the war. While they…