For the first time, On Duty offers a highly readable account of the struggle for professional autonomy by New Jersey nurses and reveals how their political and legislative battles mirrored the struggle of women throughout the country to redefine their roles in society.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

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

Notes

Index