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Women Medical Doctors in the United States Before the Civil War: A Biographical Dictionary
Edward C. Atwater
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Description for Women Medical Doctors in the United States Before the Civil War: A Biographical Dictionary
Hardcover. An invaluable reference work chronicling the lives of over 200 women who received medical degrees in the United States before the Civil War. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBCB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
This groundbreaking reference work contains brief biographical articles for over two hundred women, most of them little known, who graduated from schools of medicine in the United States before the Civil War. The volume includes an introductory essay examining the social and religious backgrounds of the women graduates, as well as their motivations for becoming physicians and their varying degrees of success as practitioners. In addition, the essay offers information on what physician training and practice were like during the period, as well as on the need for reform that provided a setting for women's entry into the profession. The ... Read more
This groundbreaking reference work contains brief biographical articles for over two hundred women, most of them little known, who graduated from schools of medicine in the United States before the Civil War. The volume includes an introductory essay examining the social and religious backgrounds of the women graduates, as well as their motivations for becoming physicians and their varying degrees of success as practitioners. In addition, the essay offers information on what physician training and practice were like during the period, as well as on the need for reform that provided a setting for women's entry into the profession. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
418
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580465717
SKU
V9781580465717
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