So as we leave world war ii and the legislation that gave women a permanent part of the military, we are we wait just a few short years and we are faced with war on the korean peninsula. There was such a concern that it would be a world war, like world war ii was that we recalled people to service, to be sure we had people in place to be part of this war and many of them were women as well for the first time. It didnt turn out that way that we needed that many. At any rate, most of the women who served in korea on the ground were army nurses. It was a horrendous situation with, they would barely get established and set up a hospital and they would have to move. We have one diary from a woman, a nurse, who talked about setting up a hospital in an abandoned school. It was dirty, and it was hot but they needed to close the windows because rats crawled up the outside of the building. And those were the conditions under which someone served. There were long hours of duty for all of us. We w
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Women a permanent part of the military, we are we wait just a few short years and we are faced with war on the korean peninsula. There was such a concern that it would be a world war, like world war ii was that we recalled people to service, to be sure we had people in place to be part of this war and many of them were women as well for the first time. It didnt turn out that way that we needed that many. At any rate, most of the women who served in korea on the ground were army nurses. It was a horrendous situation with, they would barely get established and set up a hospital and they would have to move. We have one diary from a woman, a nurse, who talked about setting up a hospital in an abandoned school. It was dirty, and it was hot but they needed to close the windows because rats crawled up the outside of the building. And those were the conditions under which someone served. There were long hours of duty for all of us. We worked from 18 to 24 hours, 36 hours around the clock. This
American history tv programs at cspan. Org history. As we leave world war ii and legislation that gave women a permanent part of the military, we are we wait a few short years, and we are faced with war on the korean peninsula. There was such a concern that it would be a world war, like world war ii was, that we recalled people to service, to be sure we had people in place to be part of this war. And many of them were women as well. For the first time. It didnt turn out that way we needed that many. But at any rate, most of the women who served in korea on the ground were army nurses. It was a horrendous situation. They would barely get established and set up a hospital. And they would have to move. We have one diary from a woman, a nurse who talked about setting up a hospital in an abandoned school. It was dirty. And it it was hot. But they needed to close the windows because rats crawled up the outside of buildings. So those were the conditions under which these women served. Long ho
Introduce you to michael schoeppner. Dr. Michael schoeppner is an associate professor of history at the university of maine in farmington. Hes an expert on the social and legal history of the 19th century United States. Hes an expert. Oh, i said that already. His research focuses on the movements of black migrants, seeing them as a window to understand both the broader africanamerican experience, as well as formal political and legal change. In 2019, Cambridge University press published dr. Shatners first book, moral contagion black atlantic soldiers, sailors, citizenship and diplomacy in antebellum america, which the Southern Historical association awarded the 2021 james a raleigh prize for the best book on the sectional crisis. Please join me in welcoming him. Thank you. Thank you, bethany, for the wonderful introduction. Its wonderful to be here. This is actually my first time in newburyport and my first time at this museum. And i know im preaching to the choir here, but what a quai