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Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Politics of Medicine in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Social Medicine)
Carla Bittel
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Hardcover. Offers a piercing view of the role of science in nineteenth-century women's rights movements and provides historical perspective on the debates about gender and science. This title presents a full-length biography of Jacobi, the most significant woman physician of her era and an outspoken advocate for women's rights. Series: Studies in Social Medicine. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGT; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
This book is about a physician for women's rights.In the late nineteenth century, as Americans debated the 'woman question', a battle over the meaning of biology arose in the medical profession. Some medical men claimed that women were naturally weak, that education would make them physically ill, and that women physicians endangered the profession. Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842-1906), a physician from New York, worked to prove them wrong and argued that social restrictions, not biology, threatened female health.""Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Politics of Medicine in Nineteenth-Century America"" is the first full-length biography of Jacobi, the most significant woman physician ... Read more
This book is about a physician for women's rights.In the late nineteenth century, as Americans debated the 'woman question', a battle over the meaning of biology arose in the medical profession. Some medical men claimed that women were naturally weak, that education would make them physically ill, and that women physicians endangered the profession. Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842-1906), a physician from New York, worked to prove them wrong and argued that social restrictions, not biology, threatened female health.""Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Politics of Medicine in Nineteenth-Century America"" is the first full-length biography of Jacobi, the most significant woman physician ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Social Medicine
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807832837
SKU
V9780807832837
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About Carla Bittel
Carla Bittel is assistant professor of history at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
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