Landdeck, speaking about women contributing to the war effort during world war ii. Great to see everybody today. Appreciate you coming to our space here. Today, were going to talk about american women and world war ii. And this is obviously a huge topic, we can spend an entire semester just on this topic alone. So were going to try to break it down into three different spaces and were going to look at a lot of images to kind of fit in with the other things weve talked about. So we are going to talk about american women in three ways. Were going to talk about women at home. Women at work. And women at war. So were going to kind of organize our ideas this way, and again were going to look at a lot of the propaganda, we have been talking about propaganda throughout this semester and watching videos and things like that. We will get a chance to talk about, everybody found that video okay . All right. Its a good one on women at work during world war ii. You can find it on the National Archi
Blackness but not talk about what the responsibilities are. Nobody wants the burden, the loathing. But the lure is a billion dollar global industry. Walters pushed back against that. I think in a lot of ways, thats going to be his legacy. He is one of the most important black political figures of the postwar period as an intellectual, policy advocates, someone willing to speak truth to power and not just to white conservatives and white people, but really to black leadership and black people. Thats it. Thank you. Thats it for this week. We will meet again next week. Were featuring American History tv programs as a preview of whats available every weekend on cspan3. We spinniwing through the south emory university. A professor discusses efforts in the early 1960s to register africanamerican voters in mississippi. American history tv tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan3. American history tv products are available at the cspan online store. Go to cspanstore. Org to see whats new for American
Im cheryl conway. I have a very special feeling about nurses. And nursing. To me nursing is a great profession. A nurse as one of the few people in our society who measure success in terms of service and benefits to mankind rather than in achievement of wealth and fame. The army nurse embodies the fine attributes of nurses everywhere and then adds a few qualities of her own. She works and lives according to a simple code. Grant that i be worthy of the secret pledge of my profession and belied those entrusted to my care. Help me to offer hope and cheer in the hearts of men in my country. Help and cheer in the hearts of men. The purpose and meaning of army nursing. The history of military nursing is as old as our country. It is a proud story. One that illuminate some of the finest moments in our national history. George washington was the first to recognize the important of military nursing. On his recommendation contract nurses were engaged at the salary of two dollars per month. While
This pandemic. The army nurse, soldier of mercy is a 1965 u. S. Army film celebrating the contributions of nurses from the American Revolution to the vietnam war. Youre watching reel america on American History tv. This is a story of military personnel, in the classical sense however its not a military story. It is a story of the army nurse, soldier of mercy. Im cheryl conway. I have a very special feeling about nurses. And nursing. To me nurse is a truly proud profession. The nurse is one of the few people in our society who measures success in terms of service and benefits to mankind rather than in the achievement of personal wealth and fame. The army nurse embodies the fine attributes of nurses every where and then add as few qualities of her own. She lives and works according to a simple code. Grant that i be worthy of the simple pledge of my profession and of those lives entrusted in my care. Help me offer hope and cheer to men in our country. Hope and cheer in the hearts of men.
Situation these nurses became pioneers in engineering and preventive medicine. The history of the Army Nurse Core in overseas fears is a story of patriotism and devotion to duty, a story that is usually lost in discussions of military maneuvers and spectacular victories. I suppose it is a quiet story, quiet. But it illustrates Human Capacity for nobility. In world war i, it grew from a meager 400 to a force of more than 21,000 nurses. They served with valor in new and dangerous situations, saving lives and bringing comfort to the sick and wounded. Gentlemen pushing bestowsed the recognition of the country on these soldiers of mercy who do their jobs so well. But some of them never saw the results of their devoted efforts. Between 1917 and 1918, 296 nurses lost their lives in the service of their country. The tradition cometed in world war ii when lit grew to 50,000. Eagerly they came to offer their services in what was to become the most savage struggle in history. They served with dis