Sympathy & Science: Women Physicians in American Medicine

by Regina Morantz-Sanchez

Book Overview

When first published in 1985, Sympathy and Science was hailed as a groundbreaking study of women in medicine. It remains the most comprehensive history of American women physicians available. Tracing the participation of women in the medical profession from the colonial period to the present, Regina Morantz-Sanchez examines women's roles as nurses, midwives, and practitioners of folk medicine in early America; recounts their successful struggles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848905
• ISBN13: 9780807848906
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"