[1] Norman has served as director of the doctoral program at New York University's Division of Nursing in the School of Education.

Her second book, We Band of Angels, is based on interviews with female nurses who were held captive by the Japanese for three years in Bataan, Philippines during World War II.

"[4] Her third book, Tears in the Darkness, is a history of the Bataan Death March and the American, Filipino, and Japanese combatants who were involved.

[3] We Band of Angels was well received and has been reviewed by forty American newspapers, such as the New York Times and Washington Post.

[6] The Publishers Weekly review of the book read, "[Norman] captures moments of great courage...but the true highlights come in the evocation of tears and sweat that went into the nurses daily struggle.