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Caregiving On The Periphery Chapter 3 Summary

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“Nursing is an art:” said founder of nursing Florence Nightingale, “and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work.” Nursing, a profession that has been around since the 1800, is devoted to the care of patients wherein by they restore and promote health. Chapter three and four of Kathryn McPherson’s work Caregiving on the Periphery presents an effective portrayal of early 20th century nursing through influential nurses such as Myra Bennett and Hannah Grier. Myra Bennett, a nurse in who took up practice in Newfoundland, brought to her rural community her skill as both a nurse and midwife . Hannah Grier, a nurse who worked during the Northwest Rebellion, provided effective …show more content…

She is a professor at the University of New Brunswick who teaches North American history, Canadian women’s history, and Canadian social and health history . Her contribution to Caregiving on the Periphery comes from a background of scholarship as she is an avid researcher in her field who has written and contributed to many books and journals . Thus, it is clear that in contributing to the book, she provides a historically accurate piece of writing that has merit backed up by both her doctorate and research. Her research primarily centers around themes of race and class within the health care system which is clear when she states her argument in Caregiving on the Periphery is being approached through a lens of study pertaining to “gender, labour, and colonial history” . Her argument is made further convincing in terms of scholarship as she uses fragments of Myra Bennett’s autobiography as it contains Bennett’s views on “gender, class, and imperial relations” . The upshot of this addition is that because it directly correlates with Kealey’s interests, she had the necessary knowledge to provide scholarly insights. Kealey, as a source by which one derives knowledge, is a convincing source as she proves that the work Myra Bennett did had a significant contribution to the field of

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The nursing profession in Canada was a completely different atmosphere than it is now. Black women up until the mid-1940s were denied the ability to train as nurses in Canada and it was not until the early 1950s that the first group of Black women were allowed into nursing schools (Flynn 129). Karen Flynn’s article, “Beyond the Glass Walls: Black Canadian Nurses, 1940-1970”, explains in great detail the immense amount of hard work and courage Black women endured in order to work in this profession. Since nursing at the time was predominantly done by middle-class White women, Victorian ideals of integrity and femininity were expected to be followed in the workplace (Flynn 131).

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