Kelly offers a history of the YA career novel, a genre catering to showcasing jobs to (white, straight) teen girls before they took their real jobs as wives.

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“Is The Nurse Portrayed in Career Novels Fiction or Real?”

“Mapping a History of Adolescence and Literature For Adolescents“

“Cherry Ames Nursing Game”

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Cherry Ames, Island Nurse

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