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Women physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America / / Carolyn Skinner



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Autore: Skinner Carolyn <1977-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Women physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America / / Carolyn Skinner Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Carbondale, Illinois : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
Disciplina: 610.82
Soggetto topico: Women physicians - United States - History - 19th century
Women in medicine - United States - History - 19th century
Women physicians - Employment - Social aspects
Classificazione: LAN015000SOC010000SOC028000HIS036040MED039000
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Feminisms
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Sommario/riassunto: Women 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
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ISBN: 0-8093-3301-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791070903321
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Serie: Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms