Women in Medicine
eBook - ePub

Women in Medicine

Stories from the Girls in White

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eBook - ePub

Women in Medicine

Stories from the Girls in White

About this book

In telling the history of women in medicine, the pioneers (especially the turbulent ones) are rightly remembered and celebrated in books, articles, memorials, awards, names of buildings, and organizations – even in stone statues and memorials. In contrast, the generation who began the transition from minority status to the current numerical equity are seldom memorialized, yet without the efforts of these few determined women in what was unambiguously a male profession, the achievements of these pioneers could easily have withered.

This book is written to celebrate this unique generation of women who entered medicine between the Second World War and the early 1970s – determined women who just wanted to be doctors but ended up fundamentally changing the profession. Utilizing oral histories from 37 women who became physicians between 1948 and 1975, these women tell their stories in their own words and provide a valid picture of their experiences throughout their careers that has much resonance for those entering or practicing medicine today.

Women in Medicine: Stories from the Girls in White will be of interest to all health professionals or those considering entering health professions, particularly women, and their advisers and supporters, to medical educators, and to medical historians seeking to understand the progress of women in medicine and other professions since the end of WWII.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040366301
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Author
  8. Interview Guide for the Alumnae Oral History Project
  9. 1. Introduction: Capturing the Stories
  10. 2. Women in Medicine: Does the History Matter Now?
  11. 3. Motivation: Why Would a Girl Go into Medicine?
  12. 4. Family Background and Early Life
  13. 5. The Road to Medicine: School Experiences
  14. 6. College Girls
  15. 7. Getting in the Door: Admissions
  16. 8. Medical School 1944–1975: Construction, Curriculum, and Controversy
  17. 9. Medical School: Practical Issues
  18. 10. Medical School: Into the Man’s World
  19. 11. The Basic Science Years: Classes, Consternation, and Cadavers
  20. 12. The Clinical Years: Patients, Professors, and Pimping
  21. 13. Choosing a Specialty and Training Program
  22. 14. Internship and Residency
  23. 15. Practice: Getting Started
  24. 16. Career Changes and Transitions
  25. 17. Practice Realities: The Good, the Bad, and the Intolerable
  26. 18. Personal Lives
  27. 19. The Gender Thing
  28. Index