The founder of the nursing profession discusses the image and the duties of the profession.

The medieval mother faced similar problems to her modern counterpart. The sheer variety of women¡¦s experience in the later Middle Ages is fully brought out in this book.

These are followed by A-Z entries on significant events and social movements, laws, court cases and more, as well as profiles of notable American women from all walks of life and all fields of endeavor.

Volume 3 has some references to homosexuality and lesbianism in the index. -- dm.

These are followed by A-Z entries on significant events and social movements, laws, court cases and more, as well as profiles of notable American women from all walks of life and all fields of endeavor.