title: Uncommon entrance? The recruitment of probationers to Merseyside hospitals 1919-1938.
abstract: That voluntary and municipal hospitals in inter-war Britain enjoyed different levels of prestige is well known. This article explores ways in which the status of hospitals was reflected in the recruitment of probationer nurses on Merseyside and argues that there were overlapping hierarchies between and within the two sectors.
authors.affiliation: Department of History, University of Liverpool.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Starkey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morle
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom