Download or read book On Duty written by Frances Ward and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1886, Newark City Hospital opened a training school for nurses in New Jersey. With the dawn of a new century women began to demand rights that had been denied them, and nurses too demanded changes in health care and higher education. For the first time, On Duty offers a highly readable account of the struggle for professional autonomy by New Jersey nurses and reveals how their political and legislative battles mirrored the struggle of women throughout the country to redefine their roles in society.