UID:
edocfu_9959238431102883
Format:
1 online resource (352 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
979-88-908802-9-1
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0-8078-7732-8
Series Statement:
Studies in social medicine
Content:
German-born Marie Zakrzewska (1829-1902) was one of the most prominent female physicians of nineteenth-century America. Best known for creating a modern hospital and medical education program for women, Zakrzewska battled against the gendering of science and the restrictive definitions of her sex. In Science Has No Sex, Arleen Tuchman examines the life and work of a woman who continues to challenge historians of gender to this day. At a time when most women physicians laid claim to ""female"" qualities of care and nurturance to justify their professional choice, Zakrzewska insis
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Aspiring bourgeoisie -- Master midwife -- This land of liberty, equality, and fraternity -- The first hospital for women and children -- Fashioning a home -- Writing autobiography -- The standard of the school was below par -- On hospitals -- The hospital in transformation -- Scientific medicine at the New England hospital -- The world changes -- I wish to have my own way in taking leave.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4696-1517-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8078-3020-8
Language:
English
