Women Physicians and Professional Ethos in Nineteenth-Century America

by Carolyn Skinner

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809333007
• ISBN13: 9780809333004
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"