Description |
1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Williams-Ford Texas A & M University military history series ; no. 128 |
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Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 128
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Contents |
Introduction -- Hen medics: women physicians in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War -- Necessity's handmaidens: the Army's women contract surgeons of World War I -- Finding a place in the sun: women Army doctors in World War II -- Join the Navy and see the world: women Navy doctors in World War II -- Out of place: women military doctors in Cold War America -- On the edge of equality: contemporary women military physicians -- Epilogue |
Summary |
In their efforts to utilize their medical skills and training in the service of their country, women physicians fought not one but two male-dominated professional hierarchies: the medical and the military establishments. In the process, they also contended with powerful social pressures and constraints.Throughout Women Doctors in War, the authors focus on the medical careers, aspirations, and struggles of individual women, using personal stories to illustrate the unique professional and personal challenges female military physicians have faced. Military and medical historians and scholars in women?s studies will discover a wealth of new information in Women Doctors in War |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243) and index |
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Women physicians -- United States -- History
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Women and war -- United States -- History
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Women physicians.
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Medicine, Military.
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Physicians, Women
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Military Medicine
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Warfare
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physicians.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
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Medicine, Military
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Armed Forces -- Medical personnel
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Armed Forces -- Women
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Women and war
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Women physicians
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Geschlechterrolle
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Militärarzt
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Sanitätsdienst
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Ärztin
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Frau
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Heer
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women -- History
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical personnel -- History
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United States |
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United States
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USA
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Graf, Mercedes
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LC no. |
2009018521 |
ISBN |
9781603445726 |
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1603445722 |
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