They let you into camp. You begin to settle in, wondering if you decision to travel all this way was worth it. As a woman alone, you had almost no good way to make money back home, and you hear the message was from Washington himself:
"Women who come attend as nurses will find immediate employ."
As a nurse, you will receive one of the highest salaries of any female worker in camp. Nursing requires almost no training but is hard work. There is also a very high risk involved. know all this, but you believe the payment will be worth it.