Dr. Harriot Kezia Hunt : nineteenth-century physician and woman's rights advocate /

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"Harriot Kezia Hunt was a pioneer in a number of ways. The first woman to establish a successful medical practice in the United States, she began seeing patients in Boston in 1835 and promoted a new method of treatment by listening to women's troubles or their "heart histories."...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glenn, Myra C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
Temas:
Hunt, Harriot Kezia, > 1805-1875.
1800-1899
Women physicians > Massachusetts > Boston > 19th century > Biography.
Women's rights > United States > History > 19th century.
Femmes médecins > Massachusetts > Boston > 19e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Women physicians
Women's rights
Massachusetts > Boston
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The making of a maverick : Harriot Hunt's early years
  • Forging a medical career
  • Coping with family tragedy & professional rejection during the 1840s
  • Battling Harvard Medical School, becoming a woman's rights activist
  • Seeking political power, gender equality, and female friendship
  • Forging new connections in the mid-1850s : Hunt's involvement with abolitionists, Western feminists, and female doctors
  • Glances and glimpses : Harriot Hunt's "heart history," Jeremiad, and reform manifesto
  • Forging ahead while facing war, old age, and other challenges.

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