Suzanne Noël : cosmetic surgery, feminism and beauty in early twentieth-century France /

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Working at the forefront of cosmetic surgery at the turn of the twentieth century, Dr Suzanne Noël was both a pioneer in her medical field and a firm believer in the advancement of women. Today her views on the benefits of aesthetic surgery to women may seem at odds with her feminist principles, bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martin, Paula J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Surrey [England] ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014.
Series:History of medicine in context.
Subjects:
Noël, Suzanne, > 1878-1954.
Noël, Suzanne, > 1878-1954
1900-1999
Surgery, Plastic > France > History > 20th century.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) > History > 20th century.
Feminism > France > History > 20th century.
Women physicians.
Surgery, Plastic.
Physicians, Women
Surgeons
Surgery, Plastic
Esthetics > history
Feminism > history
History, 20th Century
Surgery, Plastic > history
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Chirurgie plastique > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Beauté féminine (Esthétique) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Féminisme > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes médecins.
Chirurgie plastique.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
physicians.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Women physicians
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Feminism
France
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 La Belle Époque: Paris, Medical School and a Young Suzanne Noël (1878-1914); 2 Personal Disasters, World War I, and "Broken Faces" (1914-1930); 3 Cosmetic Surgery: "A Boon to Women" in a French Beauty Culture; 4 Suzanne: Liberal Feminist, and Yet Politely Radical; 5 Suzanne Noël, Godmother of Soroptimist International; 6 A Female Plastic Surgeon and Innovative Pioneer; 7 Noël's Legacy: A Life Dedicated to Others; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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