Interview of Betty Bowman on her twenty-two year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps

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Description:

Betty Bowman talks about her twenty-two year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Bowman says she received her training as a nurse and dietitian and joined the Army in 1951 because she felt patriotic and wanted Army travel opportunities, pay, benefits, and security. Bowman says she hated basic training and had a difficult time adjusting to the long, overnight shifts and quick rotations Army nurses faced and says that such policies were dangerous to both the nurses and the patients. She discusses her duties as a medical surgical nurse, her duty stations overseas and in the U.S., housing, and her uniforms. Bowman also recalls Eleanor Roosevelt's trip to Japan and her own visit to an orphanage in Japan and seeing the plight of the Amer-Asian children who were ostracized by the Japanese. Bowman is interviewed by Marjorie Brown.

Date Issued:

1986-03-17T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Japan, Japan, and Japan

Subject Topic:

Career in military nursing, Travel, Military life, Barracks and quarters, Uniforms, Women veterans, Basic training (Military education), Adjustment (Psychology), Racially mixed children, Public opinion, Illegitimate children, and Public opinion

Subject Name:

Bowman, Betty (Nurse), Bowman, Betty (Nurse), Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, United States, Army Nurse Corps, United States, Army, United States, Army, United States, and Army

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m57x3j