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Originally Posted by Catlady
My favorite series was Cherry Ames, followed by Vicki Barr--both by Helen Wells. The library had Helen Dore Boylston's Sue Barton series, and Dorothy Deming's nurse books. I loved a book called Nurses Who Led the Way--each chapter was about a real-life heroic nurse. (If you see a pattern here, it's because I wanted to be a nurse when I was a kid.)
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I preferred Sue Barton to Cherry Ames. I also liked the Dorothy Deming books, but not as much. As for nonfiction, the one that sticks in my mind is
Combat Nurses of World War II:
I never wanted to be a nurse, but I loved reading nonfiction about women and there wasn't much when I was a girl. Queens, first ladies, nurses... that was about it. I can still work up an interest in the Tudor ladies and Marie Antoinette!
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