Women's participation
100

Did the Confederate and Union medical departments prefer men or female nurses working in hospitals?

They preferred men

200

Who was one of the most famous women who set qualifications for women working in the nursing corps?

a.) Dorothea Dix

b.) Rosa Parks

c.) Sylvia Sangoon

d.) Patricia Ellis

a.) Dorothea Dix. She helped recruit nurses during the civil war.

300

In order to be a nurse during the civil war, you had to be between the ages of...

a.) 18-25

b.) 25-35

c.) 35-50

d.) 50-65

c.) 35-50

400

Was it possible for enslaved women to be nurses? Yes or no?

Yes. Enslaved women could be nurses only if they were recruited by their enslavers.
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