The Civil War changed the social, economic, and political landscape for women from every walk of American life—perhaps nowhere more so than in the field of nursing.

Civil War Army nurse Caroline Burghardt and her gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery. (Department of Defense) A 2024 DoD News article from writer Katie Lange told the story of 23 female nurses ...

Nancy Haas of the Avon Lake Historical Society spent over 40 years working as a nurse in hospitals around northern Ohio. Now, Haas is helping to spread the word of some of her earliest professional… ...

Forgotten Civil War Memorial found in Alton apartment building ...

Before the start of the Civil War, Sister Mary Rose honed her nursing skills while working at the House of the Five Wounds orphanage in New Orleans and the City Hospital in Mobile. When the war ...

Civil War nurse and Fort wayne native Helena Wolff Many speakers dressed in soldiers’ uniforms. Fort Wayne 5th District City Councilman Geoff Paddock reading the proclamation.

Christian Women Bella Vista Christian Women's Connection will meet for brunch from 9 to 10:30 a.m. June 14 at the Bella Vista Community Church, 75 E. Lancashire Blvd. in Bella Vista. The ...

Stanley B. Burns, MD, the Mercy Street on-set Medical, Historical and Technical Advisor, shares photos from The Burns Archive and an essay about surgery during the Civil War.

ANNISTON — Storyteller Dolores Hydock spoke at the Anniston Library recently, entertaining the audience with tales of history involving women who served as spies, soldiers and homemakers during ...

Civil War nurse and Fort wayne native Helena Wolff Many speakers dressed in soldiers’ uniforms. Fort Wayne 5th District City Councilman Geoff Paddock reading the proclamation.

Historical society members, many dressed in historical attire, spoke of Civil War nurses’ importance. “Women were thought to be too naïve and too delicate to be nurses,” Steyer said.