Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Politics of Intimate Care: Gender, Race, and Nursing Work -- 2. "The Negro Nurse-A Citizen Fighting for Democracy": African Americans and the Army Nurse Corps -- 3. Nurse or Soldier? White Male Nurses and World War II -- 4. An American Challenge: Defense, Democracy, and Civil Rights after World War II -- 5. The Quality of a Person: Race and Gender Roles Re-Imagined? -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Facts about Negro Nurses and the War -- Appendix B. Male Nurse Population, 1943 -- Appendix C. African American Nurse Population, 1940 -- Appendix D. Male and African American Nurse Population, 1950 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.