Science has no sex : the life of Marie Zakrzewska, M.D. / / Arleen Marcia Tuchman

• Autore: Tuchman Arleen <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.92; B
• Soggetto topico: Women physicians - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-327) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Science has no sex
• ISBN: 979-88-908802-9-1; 0-8078-7732-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808209203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in social medicine.