Project Gutenberg 2004-12-29 Public domain in the USA. 134 Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell 1872 1958 Coburn, Fordyce, Mrs. The White Linen Nurse Produced by Robert Shimmin, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The White Linen Nurse" by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Rae Malgregor, a young nursing student, who is on the brink of graduation and grapples with her identity, personal aspirations, and the expectations of her profession. The narrative explores themes of femininity, self-identity, and the societal pressures faced by women, particularly in care-giving roles. The beginning of the novel introduces readers to Rae Malgregor as she reflects upon the exhausting and often confining nature of her nursing training. She struggles with maintaining a "noble expression" that her profession demands while longing to express her true self, complete with its flaws and emotions. Through her interactions with her classmates, such as the more pragmatic Zillah Forsyth and the composed Helene Churchill, Rae voices her internal conflicts about love and career choices, feeling the weight of societal expectations. The opening chapters paint her as a relatable character facing the tensions between professional duty and personal desires, setting the stage for her journey of self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Nurses -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 339857 2025-08-06T10:09:09.884255 text/html 339835 339716 2024-11-06T13:17:12.380859 2023-09-07T03:56:08.785713 text/html text/html 193377 2025-08-06T10:09:15.940201 application/epub+zip 197795 2025-08-06T10:09:11.638189 application/epub+zip 197793 2025-08-06T10:09:10.544230 application/epub+zip 351399 2025-08-06T10:09:19.145181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327266 2025-08-06T10:09:15.233254 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304566 2022-09-07T16:51:17.070299 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303847 2025-08-06T10:09:09.431207 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 284043 2024-10-28T21:33:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16592 2025-08-06T10:09:19.268167 application/rdf+xml 10678 2025-08-06T10:09:11.041191 image/jpeg 2714 2025-08-06T10:09:10.793198 image/jpeg 190188 2025-08-06T10:09:09.910196 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia