LEADER 03303nam 2200637 450 001 9910453546503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8093-3301-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001194000 035 $a(EBL)1598119 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001113637 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11661595 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113637 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11167403 035 $a(PQKB)11628730 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1598119 035 $a(OCoLC)868964478 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse34638 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1598119 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10829390 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL568274 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001194000 100 $a20140130h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America /$fCarolyn Skinner 210 1$aCarbondale, Illinois :$cSouthern Illinois University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 225 0$aStudies in rhetorics and feminisms 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8093-3300-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Feminisms 327 $aOther Books in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms SeriesBack Cover 330 $aWomen physicians in nineteenth-century America faced a unique challenge in gaining acceptance to the medical field as it began its transformation into a professional institution. The profession had begun to increasingly insist on masculine traits as signs of competency. Not only were these traits inaccessible to women according to nineteenth-century gender ideology, but showing competence as a medical professional was not enough. Whether women could or should be physicians hinged mostly on maintaining their femininity while displaying the newly established standard traits of successful pr 410 0$aStudies in Rhetorics and Feminisms 606 $aWomen physicians$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen in medicine$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen physicians$xEmployment$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen physicians$xHistory 615 0$aWomen in medicine$xHistory 615 0$aWomen physicians$xEmployment$xSocial aspects. 676 $a610.82 700 $aSkinner$b Carolyn$f1977-$0901055 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453546503321 996 $aWomen physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America$92014040 997 $aUNINA