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Divided Sisterhood : Race, Class and Gender in the South African Nursing Profession

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A critical account of the history of nursing in South Africa.

The book explores the establishment of nursing as a profession for white English-speaking "ladies" at the end of the 19th century and the class and racial tensions that developed as Afrikaner and black women were drawn into its ranks.

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Product Details
Wits University Press
1868142744 / 9781868142743
Paperback / softback
31/10/1994
South Africa
300 pages
138 x 216 mm