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Acknowledgements o many people have rallied round this book and its sister projects — the exhibition and the nursing collection — that it is difficult to name them all. We would particularly like to thank Lynn Kirkwood and Meryn Stuart from the exhibition advisory committee who suggested themes and authors for this book. We would also like to thank the Canadian Nurses Association, the Canadian Nurses Foundation, the Historica Foundation, Associated MedicalServices, Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Museum of Civilization,and the Canadian War Museum for their support of this and other Canadian Nursing History Collection projects. Parks Canada was generous in providing Dianne Dodd with the time required to contribute to the editorial process. Our gratitude goes also to the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing for their support of the project, as well as their offer to publish in their newsletter the vignettes we were unable to put in this book. For her extensive expertise and faith in this book, thanks to Deborah Brownrigg, Manager of Publishing at the Canadian Museum of Civilization,and to Publishing Coordinator Nancy Minogue for her nth hour technical assistance with the images and production. We greatly appreciate Anne Youlden's photo editing. Thanks are also due to the museum's Khalil Ibrahim, Manager, Contracting and Administration, for his invaluable assistance. At the University of Ottawa Press, we owe a debt to Director Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr,Production Manager Heather Ritchie, and the dedicated team that worked with them on this complicated, two-book project: • Trish O'Reilly, English editor • Kathe Roth, English translator • Marie-ClaudeRochon, French translator and editor • Stephanie VanderMeulen, English proofreader • Marc Desrochers, French proofreader • Dan Sokolowski and team, design and typesetting Together, they gently prodded us into shape with their numerous but always cheerful e-mails, and gave precious advice that helped us make this book accessible to a large audience while still meeting academic standards. As Ruth kept saying at the end of our long meetings, "Remember, this is going to be a great book." Our sincere thanks also go to the many chapter authors who shared with us their research and/or personal experiences with nursing. To all the authors who responded to our call for vignettes, we thank you for enriching our volume with nursing stories. Special gratitude goes to the authors who went through the laborious process of finding and procuring illustrations, and to the archives, nursing organizations, and individuals who allowed us to use their historical photographs and documents. Dianne has special thanks for Parks Canada colleagues Catherine Cournoyer, James De Jonge, and S Brigitte Violette, who heard her out about the "two solitudes " in nursing, and who helped to transform her early work on nurses' residences into a broader understanding of nurses across Canada. Dianne also thanks her reading group for their ideas and inspiration about the fascinating world of nuns and nursing, caps and habits. Christina (Tina) received much inspiration and advice from Cynthia Toman at the University of Ottawa, and Felicity Pope, an expert in the history of medicine. Thanks to Marie Currie, interpretive specialist at the Canadian Museum of Civilization,who tutored Tina in "meaning-making." Tina has special thanks for the many pleasant and collegial hours spent with the Canadian Nursing History Collection working group: Andrew Rodger and Larry McNally, archivists with Library and Archives Canada, Cameron Pulsifer from the Canadian War Museum, Diana Mansell from the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing, and Janet Cater, formerly of the Canadian Nurses Foundation. Nicole is grateful to Johanne Daigle and Brigitte Violette for their helpful and encouraging comments on the chapter "Lay Nursing in Quebec" and for suggesting relevant references and archives. We especially want to express our appreciation of our families and support networks for sustaining us through it all. No woman is an island, and we could not have succeeded without the support of family and friends. Dianne's thanks go to Michael, and her daughters Elizabeth, Kathleen, and Melanie for putting up with all those weekends when Mom was tied to the computer, working on "the book." Tina has her husband Phil to thank for his support through the good times and the "I'm fed up" times. Nicole is grateful to her friends as well as to so many volunteers and staff members of the Maison Michel-Sarrazinwho often expressed their interest in "the Museum book." Christina Bates Dianne Dodd Nicole Rousseau ...

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