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. 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 offersinformation 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 biographical entries are supplemented by a chronological table of female medical graduates and a geographical table indicating the places in which they practiced. Edward C. Atwater is emeritus professor of medicine and the history of medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

General

Imprint:	University of Rochester Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Edward C. Atwater
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	418
ISBN-13:	978-1-58046-571-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who) Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-58046-571-4
Barcode:	9781580465717

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