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McCall, Nina Quarantine United States 20th century United States Women Institutional care Women Institutional care United States History 20th century Women Legal status, laws, etc Women prisoners Women prisoners United States 20th century Women's rights Women's rights United States History 20th centuryCobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth
Summary: "In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2017
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Summary: In 1918, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, Nina McCall was told to report to the local health officer to be examined for sexually transmitted infections. Confused and humiliated, Nina did as she was told, and the health officer performed a hasty (and invasive) examination and quickly diagnosed her with gonorrhea. Insisting she could not possibly have an STI, Nina was coerced into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018