Women doctors in gilded-age Washington : race, gender, and professionalization / Gloria Moldow.

Title:

Personal Author:

Moldow, Gloria author

Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1987]

Publication Date:

1987

ISBN:

9780252013799

Series Search:

Women in American history.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-239) and index.

Contents:

1. Gilded-Age Washington and careers for women in medicine -- 2. Demographic characteristics and motivations of pioneer women doctors -- 3. The Howard University Medical Department -- 4. Proprietary medical schools -- 5. Women's dispensaries and clinics, an alternative system of training -- 6. The entry of women into professional medical associations -- 7. Career patterns of women doctors -- 8. Women doctors' organizations and the consolidation of Washington's professional elite.

Content Type:

text

Carrier Type:

volume

Local Note:

MUW--Women's Studies Collection.

Language:

English

Subject:

Women physicians -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.

Sex discrimination in medicine -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.

Professional socialization -- Sex differences -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.