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Sisterhood of war : Minnesota women in Vietnam
- Author
- Heikkila, Kim, 1968-
- Title
- Sisterhood of war : Minnesota women in Vietnam / Kim Heikkila.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2011.
- Description
- 208 p. : ill., photographs ; 23 cm.
- URL
- <Table of contents> http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=024549327&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
- Portion of title
- Minnesota women in Vietnam
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-199) and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction
- "I knew I had something I could contribute" : nurses and soldiers
- "All day and into the night" : nursing in the war zone
- "You just did what you had to do" : women at war
- "Home to a foreign country" : from war in Vietnam to war at home
- "From 'Nam back to sanity" : nurses, PTSD, and the VA
- "Before you can forget, you need to remember" : the Vietnam Women's Memorial
- Conclusion.
- Subject headings
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Women--United States. Nurses--Vietnam--Biography. Nurses--Guam--Biography. Nurses--Minnesota--Biography. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States--Biography. Women veterans--United States--Biography. Women--Minnesota--Biography.
- Medical subjects
- Military Nursing--United States--Personal Narratives. Nurses--Vietnam--Personal Narratives. Nurses--Guam--Personal Narratives. Nurses--Minnesota--Personal Narratives. Veterans--United States--Personal Narratives. Vietnam Conflict--United States--Personal Narratives. Women--Minnesota--Personal Narratives.
- Genre heading
- Biographie.
- ISBN
- 9780873516372 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0873516370 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780873518390 (e-book) 087351839X (e-book)