The Education of Alice Hamilton : From Fort Wayne to Harvard /

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"As the founder of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the first woman faculty member of Harvard University, Alice Hamilton will be remembered for her contributions to public health and her remarkable career. Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Hamilton attended several medical schoo...

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Main Authors: Ringenberg, Matthew (Author), Brain, Joseph D. (Author), Ringenberg, William C., 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hamilton, Alice, > 1869-1970.
Harvard University.
Harvard University > Faculty > Biography.
Women physicians.
Universities and colleges > Faculty.
Toxicologists.
Public health.
Medicine, Industrial.
History, 20th Century.
Public Health > history.
Physicians, Women.
Public health > United States > History > 20th century.
Medicine, Industrial > United States > History > 20th century.
Toxicologists > United States > Biography.
Women physicians > United States > Biography.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Alice Hamilton arrives at Harvard
  • Early informal education
  • Learning in transition to adulthood
  • Medical schools
  • Learning self-confidence at Hull House
  • Investigating the dangerous trades
  • The scientist as social scientist
  • Epilogue: The senior as a public intellectual
  • A photographic memoir.

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