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Women and Healthcare: Nursing in 19th Century Post Civil War America

May 25, 2016Kirtimay Pendse

Kirtimay Pendse is a first year student at Grinnell College, where he’s studying Economics and Global Development Studies. He’s interested in studying the relationship between medicine and economics. Various historians agree that nursing as a profession has provided new perspectives on the larger issues present in women’s history and in American medical history. However, not… Read more Women and Healthcare: Nursing in 19th Century Post Civil War America

Willing to Serve, Unable to Wait

July 23, 2015admin

by Colton Silvia In the United States, less than 1% of the population will serve in some branch of the military and every year 10% of these select few will become veterans.[1] These men and women who voluntarily join the military, whether it be through officer enrollment or enlistment, are told they will receive several… Read more Willing to Serve, Unable to Wait