Sheer dresses and short skirts may have been scandalous, but they were still a variation on the established theme of white dresses. Wearing pants was more daring, as well as significant. This was not ...

When Amanda Carter started as a registered nurse in 1982, she was proud of the uniform she wore, although from a comfort and practicality point of view it left plenty to be desired. As the number of ...

But nursing was changing: It was becoming a profession with standards of education, practice, behavior, and dress all its own. It is possible that as nurses began to see themselves as trained ...