Article ID: CBB969867344

Nursing Experts, Hygienic Modernity, and Nation Building: The Case of Nursing in Ethiopia in the Post-Colonial Era (2021)

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This is a tale in three parts. It begins with an exploration of the story of Princess Tsahai, daughter of Haile Selassie, and the highly successful British campaign led by suffragette E. Sylvia Pankhurst to bring British-style nursing and medicine to Ethiopia in the 1940s and 1950s. Second, it examines the role of foreign women, most notably Swedish missionary nurses, in building health services and nursing capacity in the country. Finally, it examines the way in which nursing brought together gendered notions of expertise and geopolitical pressures to redefine expectations for Ethiopian women as citizens of the new nation-state.

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Authors & Contributors
Karissa R. Patton
Buehler, Scottie Hale
Arena, Francesca
Fiorilli, Olivia
Slagstad, Ketil
Mas, Catherine
Concepts
Medicine and gender
Nurses and nursing
Women and health
Women in medicine
Authority of medicine
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
18th century
21st century
Places
Québec (Canada)
Canada
Oslo (Norway)
Miami (Florida)
Alberta, Canada
England
Institutions
University of Oslo
University of Miami
Société Royale de Médecine
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