Book ID: CBB229071341

Medicine Women: The Story of the First Native American Nursing School (2019)

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Kristofic, Jim (Author)


University of New Mexico Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 416
Language: English

After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo country of northern Arizona, a group of missionaries and doctors--who cared less about saving souls and more about saving lives--chose a different way and persuaded the local parents and medicine men to allow them to educate their daughters as nurses. The young women struggled to step into the world of modern medicine, but they knew they might become nurses who could build a bridge between the old ways and the new.In this detailed history, Jim Kristofic traces the story of Ganado Mission on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Kristofic's personal connection with the community creates a nuanced historical understanding that blends engaging narrative with careful scholarship to share the stories of the people and their commitment to this place.

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Authors & Contributors
Farina King
Hiro 大士 Fujimoto 藤本
Pollitt, Phoebe A.
Traci Brynne Voyles
Elder, Rachel
Swanner, Leandra A.
Concepts
Nurses and nursing
American Indians; Native Americans; First Nations of the Americas
Medical education and teaching
Missionaries and missions
Medicine
Medicine and religion
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
Prehistory
Places
United States
Arizona (U.S.)
China
Canada
New Mexico (U.S.)
Hong Kong
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia
Rockefeller Foundation
American Red Cross
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