03349nam 2200637 450 991081004510332120230126203908.00-8093-3301-5(CKB)2550000001194000(EBL)1598119(SSID)ssj0001113637(PQKBManifestationID)11661595(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113637(PQKBWorkID)11167403(PQKB)11628730(MiAaPQ)EBC1598119(OCoLC)868964478(MdBmJHUP)muse34638(Au-PeEL)EBL1598119(CaPaEBR)ebr10829390(CaONFJC)MIL568274(EXLCZ)99255000000119400020140130h20142014 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrWomen physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America /Carolyn SkinnerCarbondale, Illinois :Southern Illinois University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (238 p.)Studies in rhetorics and feminismsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-3300-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Ethos of the Feminine Professional; 1. Debating the Character of the Woman Physician; 2. Prescribing for Society: Women Physicians' Reform Rhetoric; 3. Educating the Public: Women Physicians' Popular Health Advice; 4. Teaching Women to Talk about Sex; 5. Developing Collective Ethos in Medical Editorial Writing; 6. Revising the Physician's Ethos: Women Physicians' Medical Research; Conclusion: Toward Feminist Ethos; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Author Biography; Studies in Rhetorics and FeminismsOther Books in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms SeriesBack CoverWomen physicians in nineteenth-century America faced a unique challenge in gaining acceptance to the medical field as it began its transformation into a professional institution. The profession had begun to increasingly insist on masculine traits as signs of competency. Not only were these traits inaccessible to women according to nineteenth-century gender ideology, but showing competence as a medical professional was not enough. Whether women could or should be physicians hinged mostly on maintaining their femininity while displaying the newly established standard traits of successful prStudies in Rhetorics and FeminismsWomen physiciansUnited StatesHistory19th centuryWomen in medicineUnited StatesHistory19th centuryWomen physiciansEmploymentSocial aspectsWomen physiciansHistoryWomen in medicineHistoryWomen physiciansEmploymentSocial aspects.610.82LAN015000SOC010000SOC028000HIS036040MED039000bisacshSkinner Carolyn1977-1722710MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810045103321Women physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America4123326UNINA