Grace and Sal had both worked hard to get into nurses training. Grace s family had not wanted her to be a nurse even though it was now 1920 and women had the vote; her family did not consider nursing the kind of work a young lady should go into. Part of Grace s desire to be a nurse came from her aunt s interesting experiences but it was Grace s caring nature that led her into wanting to help people. Diane Svenwol Olson takes her readers through Grace and Sal s experiences, starting at the Augustana Hospital School of Nursing. There were sixteen in their group, looking all spanking new in their uniforms. The members of this special group of young women eventually discover that they were all from Illinois and most were from Chicago. They all had different stories to tell, but the same thread held them together the love of wanting to help people when they were ill. A strong common bond forms that is to last for over fifty years. Two Svenska Flikas is an engaging, heartwarming, and often incisive story of two young women who are dedicated to their professions and will let no obstacle stand in their way of achieving their professional and personal goals.