Primary Source
Stanford Medical History Center (Archive). (2010). Gertrude Kristoffersen, Gail Yando, Esther Rosewall, Delores Witmer comparing nursing caps [Photograph]. Retrieved August 28, 2012, from https://www.flickr.com/photos/40390680@N08/5350686660/
"The nurse’s uniform was more than the outward representation of received behaviors and values of the school and hospital on its students. It literally disciplined the student’s body to create those behaviors and values. [...] Their starched collars chafed their necks, and their heads were held high to support their precarious caps. Every day they were physically reminded of the discipline of their occupation." (Bates, 2010, 173).
Secondary Source
Bates, C. (2010). Looking closely: material and visual approaches to the nurse's uniform. Nursing History Review 18167-188. doi:10.1891/1062-8061.18.16