| Send Us a Lady Physician: Women Doctors in America, 1835-1920 Contributor(s): Abram, Ruth (Author), Abram, Ruth J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393302784 ISBN-13: 9780393302783 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1985 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Essays - Medical | History - Medical | Physicians |
| Dewey: 610.922 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 8.21" W x 11" (1.31 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the latter part of the nineteenth century, women, who had hitherto been barred from medical schools, were gradually granted the freedom to study and practice medicine. Indeed, by 1900, over 7,000 female physicians were practicing in America. Women were sought after to fill the void in women's health care--a substantial one, thanks to Victorian mores--as well as to imbue the medical profession with dignity which only women, it was believed, could supply. Thus the stereotype of women as gentle, virtuous creatures, natural healers, worked in their favor, opening doors to a major profession. |