Freed to Care, Proud to Nurse: 100 years of the NZ Nurses Organisation
Mary Ellen O'Connor

	General History, NZ Society Price: $59.99 Availability: now Format: 200x260 hardback, 310pp with colour photos ISBN: 978-1-877461-19-4 Add this book to your shopping bag

About the Book

This 100-year history of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation reflects its social, economic and political background, and profiles individuals to highlight the many facets of nursing in New Zealand. Freed to Care, Proud to Nurse is filled with larger-than-life protagonists who have created a dynamic organisation that continues to evolve today. The story includes cut-and-thrust politics, strategic manoeuvering, and gender and pay equity concerns — all very much at the heart of nursing. A century of professional and industrial endeavour comes to life within these covers.

Find more information on the book at the NZNO's website.

About the Author

Mary Ellen O’Connor’s interest in the public sector and in unionism equipped her well to write this NZNO history. She has relished the opportunity to record the development of a high-profile female-dominated organisation. Mary Ellen has worked as a tertiary teacher most of her career and has published widely — textbooks, magazine and newspaper articles, and a school history. She has also taken a leading role in party politics and community campaigning.