Challenges and Discrimination Faced by Women Nurses

This chapter discusses the challenges and discrimination faced by women nurses during the Civil War, including the negative perception of women in army hospitals, their semi-legal position, and poor wages. It highlights the experiences of Georgiana Woolsey, one of the first women nurses, and the strict guidelines set by General Dix for accepting nurses into her core. It also mentions that nurses with the USCC would receive payment for their work.