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Women provided care for the confererate army and the union army during the civil war.
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Women helped treat sick soldiers. Because of the performance of these women; it led to the form of the Army Nurses Corps.
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In 1901, the US created the Army Nurses Corps.
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In 1908, the US the US created the Navy Nurses Corps.
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More than 21,480 nurses served in stateside and overseas. More than 400 women died in the line of duty. Mostly because of a Flu known as the Spainish flu.
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More than 60,000 women nurses served in ww2. Very Few died.
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In the korean war more than 500 women nurses served overseas mainly in japanese hospitals.
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More than 7000 women served in combat as military nurses behind the front lines.
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The first woman was swarn in to the Air National Guard.
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About 40,000 women served in the Persion Gulf War.