Nursing Shorts: Stories About Being a Nurse by a Nurse, by Vennie Anderson, is exactly what is says it is! She started as a Candy Striper and ended her career working for the VA. In between there were many stories: happy and sad, depressing and frustrating, many what you might expect, and a few, well, not so much. Along the way she learned she had a talent for developing materials for patients and their families (something not done before). A nicely done memoir.

The Girl Explorers: the Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World, by Jayne Zanglein will take you on an incredible journey of women who climbed mountains. In skirts and corsets. (Or, if a scandalous nature, then bloomers)! They were the first, or among the first to fly, to go on extended trips into Africa, or China. Sometimes they went with their husbands, sometimes in the company of other women. When the were not allowed to join the Explorers Club, even though they met every requirement, they formed the Society of Women Geographers. There are early deep sea divers, and pilots, film makers, sculptors, all who made a difference but have been overlooked or ignored by history. Until now.

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