03489nam 2200793 a 450 991077935890332120230413014519.01-283-71681-X0-7748-1830-1(CKB)2550000000110827(EBL)3412903(SSID)ssj0000693669(PQKBManifestationID)11403401(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000693669(PQKBWorkID)10666029(PQKB)10982319(CEL)443978(OCoLC)799730652(CaBNVSL)slc00229615(MiAaPQ)EBC3412903(EXLCZ)99255000000011082720100408h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTaking medicine[electronic resource] women's healing work and colonial contact in Southern Alberta, 1880-1930 /Kristin BurnettVancouver [B.C.] UBC Pressc20101 online resource (249 p.)Women and indigenous studies series0-7748-1828-X Includes bibliographical references and index.1 Niitsitapi: The Northwestern Plains -- 2 Setting the Stage: Engendering the Therapeutic Culture of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Tsuu T'ina, and Nakoda -- 3 Giving Birth: Women's Health Work and Western Settlement, 1850-1900 -- 4 Converging Therapeutic Systems: Encounters between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women, 1870s-90s -- 5 Laying the Foundation: The Work of Nurses, Nursing Sisters, and Female Attendants on Reserves, 1890-1915 -- 6 Taking over the System: Graduate Nurses, Nursing Sisters, Female Attendants, and Indian Health Services, 1915-30 -- 7 The Snake and the Butterfly: Midwifery and Birth Control, 1900s-30s."Taking Medicine presents colonial medicine and nursing as a gendered phenomenon that had particular meanings for Aboriginal and settler women who dealt with one another over bodily matters. By bringing to light women's contributions to the development of health care in southern Alberta between 1880 and 1930, this book challenges traditional understandings of colonial medicine and nursing in the contact zone."--Pub. desc.Women and indigenous studies series.Women and indigenous studies series.Women's health servicesAlbertaHistoryWomenHealth and hygieneAlbertaHistoryMedical careAlbertaHistoryCommunity Health ServiceshistoryHistory of NursingAcculturationWhite peopleHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyIndians, North AmericanWomenAlbertaWomen's health servicesHistory.WomenHealth and hygieneHistory.Medical careHistory.Community Health Serviceshistory.History of Nursing.Acculturation.White peopleHistory, 19th Century.History, 20th Century.Indians, North American.Women.362.1082Burnett Kristin1974-1573220MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779358903321Taking medicine3848849UNINA