Hearts of wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : American women caring for kin, 1850-1940 / / Emily K. Abel

• Autore: Abel Emily K
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/082/0973
• Soggetto topico: Caregivers - United States - History - 19th century; Caregivers - United States - History - 20th century; Medical personnel-caregiver relationships - United States - History - 19th century; Medical personnel-caregiver relationships - United States - History - 20th century; Women - United States - Social conditions; Home nursing - United States - History - 19th century; Home nursing - United States - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-320) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: 1850-1890 1. "Hot Flannels, Hot Teas, and a Great Deal of Care": Emily Hawley Gillespie and Sarah Gillespie, 1858-1888 2. An Overview of Nineteenth-Century Caregiving 3. "Tried at the Quilting Bees": Con icts between "Old Ladies" and Aspiring Professionals Part Two: 1890-1940 4. A "Terrible and Exhausting" Struggle: Martha Shaw Farnsworth, 1890-1924 5. "Just as You Direct": Caregiver Translations of Medical Authority 6. Negotiating Public Health Directives: Poor New Yorkers at the Turn of the Century
• Sommario/riassunto: A study of caregiving in America across ethnic and class divides during the 19th and early 20th century. This book reveals how a complex series of historical changes altered the cultural meaning of care.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hearts of wisdom
• ISBN: 0-674-02002-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820940903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II