head of union army nurses?
2006-11-12 16:51:07 · 2 answers · asked by april4 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton were the leaders of a national effort to organize a nursing corps to care for the war's wounded and sick. Dix was already recognized for her work in improving the treatment received by the insane when she began to recruit women to serve as nurses in the Army Medical Bureau. Military traditionalists opposed her, but she prevailed, armed with an indomitable will and a singleness of purpose. One of the standards that Dix established for her nurses was that they be "plain looking" and middle-aged.
2006-11-12 16:55:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
To add to Dan's very good answer...
Clara Barton was also known as the Angel of the Battlefield and became the founder of the American Red Cross.
2006-11-12 17:09:11 · answer #2 · answered by iraq51 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋