On duty : power, politics, and the history of nursing in New Jersey / Frances Ward.

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009], ©2009.

xvi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exhilarated, exhausted : the pioneers, 1882-1900 -- Stepping out, agitating : 1901-1920 -- Orphan in the storm : 1920-1940 -- Building the modern world : 1940-1960 -- Expanding roles : 1960-1980 -- Autonomy : into the twenty-first century -- The door of last resort.