Has Nursing Always Been Female Dominated Like Today (90+%)?

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Modern nursing came to being during the Crimean war, and was a 100% female thing for all practical intents at the time.

US census might have data on job occupation by sex - I haven't checked - as might its UK, French, and German equivalents. But intuitively your friend is incorrect: until a few decades ago, doctors were nearly always men and nurses were nearly always women.

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