Berne, Emma Carlson

Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Jane Kendeigh, a nurse who helped wounded soldiers in combat zones during World War II. During World War II, the United States' fight against the Japanese on islands in the Pacific was intense and deadly. To help respond to casualties in battle, the U.S. Navy trained 122 nurses to aid wounded soldiers in combat zones. The first nurse to do so was Jane Kendeigh,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KEN

Summary: Clara Barton wanted to help people from the time she was a child. She turned her compassion for others into several careers, including teaching and nursing. Risking her life to assist soldiers during the Civil War turned her into an American hero. She went on to found the American Red Cross.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2008

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BARTON PRO

Redgrave, Naida

Summary: Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost. From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary Seacole led in this beautifully illustrated book...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Seacole

Krull, Kathleen.

Summary: A look at the experiences of Louisa May Alcott during the Civil War that led to the writing of Little Women.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books for Young Readers 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALC

Fessler, Diane Burke.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5475 FES

Reef, Catherine

Summary: "A biography for young adult readers on Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse best known for her work during the Crimean War, where she rectified horrifying conditions and made nightly rounds to check on patients, saving hundreds of lives and sparking worldwide healthcare reform"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 NIG

Villieu, Valérie

Summary: "When Valérie first met Josephine, she knew she would be embarking on a unique journey. Though vastly different in age, their connection was instantaneous. Humor quickly became their language, their playground, and despite the debilitating disease that Joséphine faced every single day, they were able to form a beautiful friendship that transcended the reaches of modern medicine." -- goodreads.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Life Drawn 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 VIL

Gately, Roberta

Summary: Roberta Gately is a nurse and humanitarian aid worker who has served in war zones ranging from Africa to Afghanistan aiding refugees. Just the word refugee sparks conversation and fuel emotion. There are more than twenty-two million refugees worldwide and another sixty-five million who have been forcibly displaced. But who are these people? Images filter into our consciousness via dramatic...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GATELY, ROBERTA GAT

Brown, Theresa

Summary: "When a cancer nurse becomes a cancer patient, she has to confront the most critical, terrified, sometimes furious patient she's ever encountered: herself. A frank look at struggling with illness while navigating the health care maze"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWN, THERESA BRO

Spinner, Stephanie

Summary: Profiles the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET BARTON

Thottam, Jyoti

Summary: "The never-before-told story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns, their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be the same New York Times editor Jyoti Thottam's mother was part of an extraordinary group of Indian women. Born in 1946, a time when few women dared to leave their house without the protection of a man, she left home by...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.82 THO

Graeber, Charles.

Summary: After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of Death" by the media. But Cullen was no mercy killer, nor was he a simple monster. He was a favorite son, husband, beloved father, best friend, and celebrated caregiver. Implicated in the deaths of as many as 300 patients, he was also perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 GRA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 GRA

Jones, Rachel Pieh

Summary: "Somalia's Mother Teresa chose love over fear. Amid a volatile mix of disease, war, and religious fundamentalism in the Horn of Africa, what difference could one woman make? "I am nobody," she always insisted. Yet by the time she was killed for her work three decades later she had not only developed an effective cure for tuberculosis among nomadic peoples but also exposed a massacre,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Plough Publishing House 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TONELLI, ANNALENA JON

Hudson, Janice

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.18 HUD

Watson, Christie

Summary: "A memoir about the experiences of a nurse in London, focusing on the overlooked importance of kindness and compassion"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATSON, CHRISTIE WAT

Gorrell, Gena K. (Gena Kinton)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2000

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB NIGHTINGALE GOR

Summary: Animated biography of Florence Nightingale, whose efforts during the Crimean War changed the science and practice of nursing.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Nest Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANI

Goldsmith, Connie

Summary: "This is the story of Kiyo Sato and her family and their experience in the U.S. Japanese Internment Camps during WWII."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SAT

Smilios, Maria

Summary: "During those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed one in seven people, white nurses at Sea View, New York's largest municipal hospital, began quitting. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses, luring them with promises of good pay, a career, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow. But after arriving, they found themselves on...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.72 SMI

Moss, Marissa

Summary: Eager to fight for the North during the Civil War, Sarah Emma Edmonds joins a Michigan infantry regiment. She excels as a soldier, and she even takes on the grueling task of nursing the wounded. Because of her heroism, she is asked to become a spy, cross enemy lines, and infiltrate a Confederate camp. For her first mission, Sarah must once again disguise herself and rely on the kindness of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 921 EDM

Lakin, Patricia

Summary: A brief biography of the woman who overcame her shyness to become a teacher, a nurse during the Civil War, and founder of the American Red Cross.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2004

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LAK

Jones, Carrie.

Summary: A picture book biography of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who served as a spy in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 EDM

Burgess, Ann Wolbert

Summary: "A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and development of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, written by the pioneering forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI studies, profiles, and catches serial killers"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.3092 BUR