The Genesis of nursing -- Influence of ancient cultural practices on health care -- Effects of spiritual leadership on the enrichment of nursing -- Social and spiritual forces in the expansion of Nursing (1000-1500) -- Expansion of nursing leadership during the Renaissance (1500-1700) -- Nursing and the pressures of the eighteenth century -- Response of nursing to health problems of the early nineteenth century -- The Leadership of Florence Nightingale -- Social forces affecting the emergence of educational programs in nursing -- Nursing leaders' responses to the establishment and promotion of educational programs -- Relationship of nursing to welfare services and society in the late nineteenth century -- Scientific, technological and societal movements of the twentieth century -- The Emergence of nursing as a social force in health care: early twentieth century -- Nurins as a continuing social force -- Perspectives on nursing.