title: [Gender and social class as categories in the history of nursing: male nurses in the professionalization of nursing in Germany around the year 1900].
abstract: At the turn of the century, the professionalization of German nursing was considerably accelerated. As a long-term result, nursing became a socially accepted occupation for middle-class women. This caused a process of social and sexual differentiation of the nursing staff, which is described below from the viewpoint of male nurses. Against this background, the categories "gender" and "class" are both significant in contemporary debates. They were at work at two levels: first, in perception and argumentation patterns and, second, as distinguishing features in the new institutions of professional nursing, i.e. the general hospitals and the professional organizations.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Klindt
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009727:Nurses, Male / Q000266:history*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012923:Social Class; D012938:Social Perception
vernacular_title: "Geschlecht" und "soziale Schichtung" als Kategorien der Pflegegeschichte: Männliche Pflegekräfte in der Verberuflichung der deutschen Krankenpflege um 1900.