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Women physicians and professional ethos in nineteenth-century America / Carolyn Skinner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skinner, Carolyn, 1977-
- Series:
- Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms
- Studies in rhetorics and feminisms
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women physicians--United States--History--19th century.
- Women physicians.
- Women in medicine--United States--History--19th century.
- Women in medicine.
- Women physicians--Employment--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Other Books in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms SeriesBack Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3301-5
- OCLC:
- 868964478
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