Women in Medicine in the Long Nineteenth Century: Volume I: Debates (Nineteenth-Century Science, Technology and Medicine: Sources and Documents)

Synopsis

The volume explores the range of reactions to medical women from the mid-nineteenth century up until the start of the Great War in 1914. By covering this period, readers will be introduced to ongoing debates surrounding women in medicine, via sources which explore the possibilities for – as well as the problems of – female professional practice. The perspectives of detractors and supporters, as well as medical women themselves, are taken into account, and especial consideration given to opinions which were not neatly divided along gender lines. Of key concern here is a nuanced tracing through primary material of changes in the perception of medical women, as well as the ways in which lingering prejudices disappeared or remained well into the twentieth century. This volume focuses on two key areas: first, the debates and challenges around medical and surgical education for women; and, second, women’s physical and mental ‘fitness’ to practise. The reproduction of previously unpublished student magazines, both from the foundational London School of Medicine for Women, as well as medical schools which considered admitting women during this period, are an original feature of this volume. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this title will be of great interest to students of Women's History and the History of Medicine.

Copyright:

2024

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781040016169

Related ISBNs:

9781032207896, 9781003265238, 9781040016022

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

07/31/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Claire Brock

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Reference, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Claire Brock