Women physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America / / Carolyn Skinner
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| Autore: |
Skinner Carolyn <1977->
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| Titolo: |
Women physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America / / Carolyn Skinner
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Women physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America |
| ISBN: | 0-8093-3301-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791070903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms