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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788504303321

Autore

Sander Kathleen Waters <1947->

Titolo

Mary Elizabeth Garrett : society and philanthropy in the Gilded Age / / Kathleen Waters Sander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-4214-0410-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 322 p., [16] p. of plates ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

361.74092

Soggetti

Women in medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : quiet revolutionary -- Garrett's road -- Ascension -- Expansion and restriction -- After Garrett -- The practical head of the Garrett family -- The scheme -- A pleasure to be bought -- The happiness of getting our work done -- Wise and far-sighted.

Sommario/riassunto

Sander's thoughtful and informed study of this pioneering philanthropist is the first to recognize Garrett and her monumental contributions to equality in America.