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Through Nursing’s Lens: The Nurse in Wartime Imagery and Photographs

Explore depictions of nursing in America during wartime through an exploration of recruitment posters, postcards, and magazines alongside the photographs and experiences of military nurses themselves.

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November 13, 2024 - July 31, 2025
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Barbara Bates Center for the History of Nursing, Floor 2U, Fagin Hall
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Open to the Public

Hosted by: Bates Center

A group of seven women sit on a set of a stairs in a sepia-toned photograph. They wear matching uniforms and hats.

This exhibition examines depictions of nursing in America during wartime through an exploration of recruitment posters, postcards, and magazines alongside the photographs and experiences of military nurses themselves.

Plan Your Visit

On view through July 31, 2025. Located in the Barbara Bates Center for the History of Nursing, Floor 2U, Fagin Hall.

The exhibit is open and accessible to Penn students, faculty, and staff Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Check in with the security desk in the main entrance of Fagin Hall before proceeding to floor 2U to view the exhibit.

Public access is by appointment only; contact nhistory@nursing.upenn.edu to schedule your visit. 

Featured image: Mary C. Brennan and other nurses relaxing after returning from field training (Hawaii, 1944) (Papers of Mary C. Brennan, The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing).

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