title: Interconnecting the personal and public: the support networks of public health nurse Mona Wilson.
abstract: The life of public health nurse Mona Gordon Wilson reveals the importance of women's private lives in explaining their public activities. Although Mona's life and personality were also shaped by her gender, class, ethnicity, single status, and place in the patriarchal society, this article contends that female networking and support groups were essential to her success as a public person. Following a brief synopsis of the highlights of Mona's public life, this study examines the importance of female networking and support groups in Mona Wilson's early years as a nursing student, in her years overseas with the American Red Cross, as chief public health nurse on Prince Edward Island, and in retirement and old age.
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authors.lastname: Baldwin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011325:Prince Edward Island; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000266:history*; D012011:Red Cross / Q000266:history; D012944:Social Support; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000266:history; D014931:Women, Working / Q000266:history