2007-03-16 06:20:49 · 8 answers · asked by playa 1 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Simply decent Christian kindness and duty. If you had a battle going on outside your door wouldn't YOU believe it your duty to help the wounded?
2007-03-16 06:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that most women who became nurses during the Civil War did so for 2 basic reasons.
1. They had a genuine need to feel that they were helping "the cause" (regardless of whether it was for the North or the South) in some meaningful way. Nursing was one of the few avenues open to them back in those days.
2. They believed that by helping the soldiers they were, in effect, helping their loved ones (husband, boyfriend, father, brother, etc).
2007-03-16 06:27:31 · answer #2 · answered by kja63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Men would not do it. It was not considered a job for real men.
2. Women were inspired by Florence Nightingale who took care of troops during the Crimean War in the 1850s so they wanted to do the same.
3. Nursing was just starting to be a respected profession and something a "lady" could do. Jobs for "ladies" were pretty rare during that time period so nursing gave them an outlet.
2007-03-16 10:24:59 · answer #3 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have worked in healthcare for seven years and helped take care of my granparents before that i believe that the women back in the civil war era wanted to be apart of somthing important because they did not have many rights back then and really could not be apart of anything so their hearts being filled with love and compassion and bravery got involved to treat the wounded the dying and pray for those who got killed so why did women want to help with nursing during the civil war on top of everything was to be apart of somthing that would be remembered in history.
2007-03-16 06:31:54 · answer #4 · answered by Beth G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they thought of it as there duty and a way for them to help the war effort since they could not vote or serve in the army at the time. It is sad because you would not see todays woman doing that they were very tough women.
2007-03-16 06:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by martin d 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have always loved them. Where ever you read that is either wrong or you have misread it or there were reasons for them not to be used or allowed. Read about Florence Nightingale-'Lady of the Lamp', Crimean War Hman
2016-03-29 01:47:15 · answer #6 · answered by Lori 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most were not allowed to become doctors.
Nursing was the only way they could help in the medical field.
2007-03-16 06:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes dont you watch mash?
2007-03-16 06:24:25 · answer #8 · answered by LostMyMind 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋